1. FPS (First Person Shooter)
First Person Shooters
To Kill or Not To Kill
ICAPS ‘06
FPS (First Person Shooter)

2. Q1: Gameplay Positive Tutorial – in game training Physics
NPCs - mainly enemies, clones
Exploration – superfluous junk
HL2 – crowbar, miss it, pick it up

3. Q2: Bad gameplay Enemies don’t make use of items you can (health)
No pursuit after discovery
Pick up cans – can’t see hands
Tunnel vision – spatial cues (feet, hair)
Shoot good guys without impact
Assumption of controls
Camera movement strange

4. Q3: AI role Opportunities - if you miss something (crowbar)
Manage difficulty user modeling on the fly instead of groups of testers
Many people quit games after the first few levels – scripting less extensive
Bottleneck – scripted, bumping up

5. Q4: AI type Reactive – pushing Generative – pull forward
Dialogue - beyond FSM change flow based on action, non-action
Consequences for shooting someone

6. Q5: Requirements Tools: F.E.A.R. – non-programmer’s interface
Time and money – extensively
Testing
Maya, 3D Max – raised bar
Particular animations – mocap, which animations?
Point when carrying a gun?
Reuse