A Plague Tale: How The Rats Work | AI and Games #73

The Plague Tale games are known for the swathes of rats that infest the lands, and do their best to kill the player and everyone else. In this episode, we dig into detail on how the rats actually work, and how it ties back to the Micro Machines games of the early 1990s. References for this episode: How A Plague Tale: Innocence’s rat hordes were made How ‘A Plague Tale: Innocence’ Makes Diseased Rats So Terrifying Making the rat-tastic sequel A Plague Tale: Requiem, Game Developer, 2022 Video Chapters [00:00] Introduction [01:17] We Have a Rat Problem [03:19] How the Rat AI Works [08:12] How You Balance AI Rats [11:02] Wait, Micro Machines??? [13:21] Closing [14:29] Credits -- AI and Games is a YouTube series on research and applications of Artificial Intelligence in video games. Follow ’AI and Games’ for educational videos and essays: @AIandGames My second channel ’AI and Games Plus’ is dedicated to bonus content, deep-dive analysis, revisiting old topics and more: @AIandGamesPlus Listen to my podcast ’Branching Factor’, as I discuss game development and research with my co-hosts and guests: Watch Livestreams: Join our Community: Buy our Merch: -- You can support AI and Games via Patreon and YouTube memberships, and in return, you get bonus rewards! @AIandGames/join -- Follow ’AI and Games’ on social media. Twitter: Mastodon: @AIandGames TikTok: @aiandgames Instagram: Threads: @aiandgames -- If you’re interested in working with us, check out the following: Business Enquiries: contact@ Arrange Meeting: