Applying Reactive Planning to Behavior Trees

• Presenter: Ben Weber
• Type: Tutorial
• Time & Date: 09:30, Thursday 23rd.
• Duration: 30m

Description: Ben Weber will explain the best ideas from behavior languages such as ABL, which was used to create Façade. You’ll hear how he applied the techniques to a RTS bot, the EISBot, one of the favorite competitors for the AIIDE 2011 Starcraft competition. You’ll also find out how you can use these design patterns within your own BTs.

Take Away: You’ll reach an understanding new idioms and design patterns to improve your own BTs, find out the benefits of running multiple trees in parallel, and see a good way to structure your RTS AI.