AI War Comes To GameTrove!
AI War is now on GameTrove, an indie-focused game site!
Designing Emergent AI, Part 2: Queries and Code
The first part of this article series has been a hit with a lot of people, yet criticized by others for being too introductory/broad. Fair enough, starting with this article I’m going to get a lot lower-level. If you’re not a programmer or an AI enthusiast, you probably won’t find much interest beyond this point.…
DetailsUKGamer Review of AI War
From the review: Since you specify the parameters of the Universe you play in, there are a lot of replay opportunities and the degrees of AI difficulty and play style will also further add to that, so you’re getting a lot of indie-fuelled strategic play for your $20. But you are also encouraged to become…
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AI War 1.004 Released (Free DLC & Several Fixes)
Arcen Games is pleased to announce the release of AI War: Fleet Command version 1.004. You can download a trial version of the game, as well as purchase a license key to unlock the full version. If you already have the game or demo installed, just hit “Check For Updates” inside the game to get…
DetailsDesigning Emergent AI, Part 1: An Introduction
A lot of people have been curious about how the AI in AI War: Fleet Command works, since we have been able to achieve so much more realistic strategic/tactical results compared to the AI in most RTS games. Part 1 of this series will give an overview of the design philosophy we used, and later…
DetailsOptimizing 30,000+ Ships In Realtime In C#
My latest game, AI War: Fleet Command, has some of the highest unit counts in the RTS genre. Most campaigns against moderately-hard AIs have over 30,000 ships being simulated at once by the time they are done, and many multiplayer campaigns have upwards of 60,000 or more ships. The game is coded in C#, a…
DetailsGames As Art… Or Not
“Can Games Be Art ™” is a big question that a lot of people have asked over the years. There are heated arguments on both sides, and I don’t really intend to get into that here. The fact remains, a lot of people believe that some games are art, or at least art-like, and this…
DetailsThe Case For Co-Op Games
I am running an experiment. My company’s first game, AI War: Fleet Command, is an RTS game that is entirely cooperative. Not that you can’t play it single-player — you can, and it’s completely fun that way — but there is no player-vs-player mode in a genre that is known for its pvp skirmishes. Was…
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AI War 1.003 Released (Free DLC)
Arcen Games is pleased to announce the release of AI War: Fleet Command version 1.003. You can download a trial version of the game, as well as purchase a license key to unlock the full version. If you already have the game or demo installed, just hit “Check For Updates” inside the game to get…
DetailsAI War Comes To Stardock’s Impulse!
AI War is now available for purchase through Stardock‘s Impulse platform. Here is the direct link to the game. Impulse is one of the premiere digital distribution platforms for PC games, and working with the Stardock staff to get AI War on their system has been a really great experience. What a dedicated group of…
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