Clark Gibson and John O'Brien of Red Storm Entertainment (Rogue Spear, Shadow Watch) discuss improving AI, with a focus on designing, organizing, and implementing team AI in this free GDC 2001 video. In order to get increased realism in team AI, Gibson describes how to give members different roles under a unifying purpose, to allow them to dynamically respond to or change purposes, and to build an effective way to communicate with that AI. O'Brien then describes a hierarchical approach to implementing team AI that worked well for Red Storm and that gives AI programming newcomers their "best chance at success." You can view this free video now on GD Vault. Session Name: The Basics of Team AI Speaker(s): Clark Gibson, John O'Brien Company Name(s): Red Storm Entertainment Track / Format: Programming

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