• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2004.10a
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• pp.658-660
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• 2004

최근 컴퓨터 게임에 있어 인공지능에 관한 관심이 높아지고 있다. 이에 따라 게임에서 인공지능 구현을 지원하는 게임 NPC 지능 개발 플랫폼에 관한 연구도 많이 진행되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 게임에서 NPC의 지능을 개발하는 측면에서 게임 NPC 지능 개발 플랫폼 설계 시에 요구되는 사항들을 알아보고, 실제게임 NPC 지능 개발 플랫폼들-FEAR SOAR, Gamebots-의 구조를 비교, 분석한다 또한 기존 게임 NPC 지능 개발 플랫폼에서 발생하는 문제점을 알아보고, 이를 해결하기 위한 방법을 제안한다.

• Journal of Korea Game Society
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• v.14 no.5
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• pp.127-136
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• 2014

NPC in game is an important factor to increase the fun of the game by cooperating with player or confrontation with player. NPC's behavior patterns in the previous games are limited. Also, there is not much difference in NPC's ability among the existing games because it's designed to FSM. Therefore, players who have matched with NPCs which have the characteristics may have difficulty to play. This paper is for improving the problem and production and evaluation of the game NPC behavior model based on wolves hunting model in real life. To achieve it, first, the research surveys and studies behavior states for wolves to capture prey in the real world. Secondly, it is implemented using the Unity3D engine. Third, this paper compares the implemented state transition probability to state transition probability in real world, state transition probability in general game. The comparison shows that the number of state transitions of NPCs increases, proportions of implemented NPC behavior patterns converges to probabilities of state transition in real-world. This means that the aggressive behavior pattern of NPC implemented is similar to the wolf hunting behavior pattern of the real world, and it can thereby provide more player experience.

• 한국HCI학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2007.02a
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• pp.162-167
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• 2007

최근 컴퓨터 게임에 등장하는 NPC(Non-player Character)에 각종 인공지능 기법을 적용하는 연구들이 이루어지고 있다. 하지만 대부분의 연구가 플레이어를 상대하는 적대적 입장의 NPC들의 움직임 조절에 초점을 맞추고 있고 아직까지 게임 상에서 등장하는 모든 NPC는 항상 같은 말과 비슷한 행동을 되풀이하는 모습만을 보여주고 있다. 이는 플레이어가 게임을 비현실적으로 느끼게 만들고 결과적으로 게임의 재미를 저하시키는 요소로 작용한다. 플레이어에게 보다 현실적인 게임 환경을 제공하기 위해서는 NPC가 단순히 게임의 배경을 구성하는 오브젝트가 아니라 다양한 대화를 통해 플레이어에게 많은 영향을 주게 하여 게임의 기여도를 높여주어야 한다. 본 논문에서는 이를 위해 게임 속에서 주어지는 퀘스트를 구성하는 NPC, 몬스터, 보상 등의 속성 정보를 온톨로지로 구성하고, 인터넷에 존재하는 게임 커뮤니티에서 퀘스트 질의/응답 게시판의 글을 추출하여, 플레이어의 관련 질의에 응답하는 NPC를 구현하고자 한다. 이를 위해 온톨로지 정보를 이용한 검색 알고리즘을 구현하였고, 시뮬레이션을 통해 NPC가 커뮤니티 게시글(국문/영문) 정보를 이용하여 유저에게 고정되지 않은 다양한 메시지를 전달하면서 동시에 유저의 게임 진행을 도와주는 모습을 확인하였다.

• Journal of Korea Game Society
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.111-124
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• 2020

This paper analyzed the dialogue language of 'Maple Story' NPC from the perspective of learned optimism. Not only is NPC's language a key skill in artificial intelligence language, it also plays a big role in giving game users fun and desire to achieve. In this paper, as a result of analyzing the dialogue language of NPCs by utilizing the two key dimensions of NPC's learned optimistic explanation form: permanence and pervasiveness, the rate of characters' conversations using optimistic languages was 6%~7%. It was confirmed the important consideration in NPC artificial intelligence development.

• Journal of Korea Game Society
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• v.5 no.4
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• pp.23-32
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• 2005

This paper introduces environment analysis way to improve the game AI. The way of environment analysis can provide game user the more reality than generally used AI patterns. This paper suggests the way to make die NPC patterns variously. To realize this theory we designed the organization of NPC server newly, and also accomplished the experiment of NPC server simulation test to get the performance applied in real situation.

• Journal of Korea Game Society
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.74-85
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• 2003

If the game characters in the cyber world speak the same dialogues as in the real world, it will give game players more fun and realism. And game players are more and more immersed into the cyber space. However, we observed that only simple and primitive dialogues are used at the market places in most MMORPGS. We introduce personality psychology theory for generating the personality of NPC in MMORPG. And we suggest how to make a conversation between PC (Playable Character) and NPC (Non - Playable Character) according to 'Extroversion - Introversion dimension' and 'Neuroticism dimension'. And we implement the personality dialogue generation program, which is composed of two parts. One is for generating personality, and the other for making dialogue. Personality generator can set a NPC's personality automatically, and Dialogue Maker can control the dialogue styles, quantities, and characteristics of NPC. Thus, the program implemented in this paper can help game designer and scenario writer to make game characters easily. The approach in this paper can be applied to generate various game characters and used to represent agents and avatars of real-time animation.

• Journal of Korea Game Society
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• v.6 no.3
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• pp.23-32
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• 2006

Users connect to game server for considerably many hours and perform their roles in MMORPG(Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game), users' immersion degree is very higher than other games, have known affluent contents make users play various roles in game world. However, although contents of games are improved quite much, MMORPG remains still boring game. It is because that the NPC (Non Player Character)' behavior patterns that are the most important elements to make games fun are so simple. So, in this paper we proposed a method to create NPC that react in player's inclination by implanting personality and emotion to NPC.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea CI
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• v.43 no.2 s.308
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• pp.40-51
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• 2006

As computer games become more complex and consumers demand more sophisticated computer controlled NPCs, developers are required to place a greater emphasis on the artificial intelligence aspects for their games. The platform for game NPC Intelligence Development should support real-time, independence, flexibility, group behavior, and various A.I to NPC that are reactive, realistic and easy to develop. This paper presents an architecture to satisfy these criteria for the platform of game NPC intelligence development. The proposed platform shows the higher performance than existing platform through the load sharing, and it also has some advantages which are supporting the various AI techniques, efficient group behavior, and independence to develop NPC intelligence.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems Conference
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• 2004.04a
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• pp.345-348
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• 2004

플레이어의 상대 역할을 수행하는 NPC(Non-Player Character)의 구현은 게임에서 재미요소를 좌우하는 중요한 부분이다. 일반적인 NPC는 설정된 값에 따라, 동일한 조건에 대해 동일하게 반응하므로 플레이어로 하여금 예측 가능하게 하여 게임의 재미를 저하시키는 요인이 된다. 따라서 플레이어의 행동과 수준에 대하여 지능적으로 적절히 반응하는 NPC 기술이 필요하다. 본 논문은 퍼지 플러스터링을 이용한 플레이어의 게임 성향을 기반으로 NPC의 행동 반응을 조절함으로써 게임에 동적인 반응을 보이며 플레이어의 수준에 적절히 반응하도록 하는 NPC 기법을 제안한다.

• Journal of Korea Game Society
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.53-66
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• 2009

The purpose of this study is to show typology of Non Player Character(NPCs) and to look out what narrative functions of NPCs are served in Massively Multi-player Online Role-Playing Game(MMORPG). As the relationship with player characters and the propensity of actions, NPCs are classified 4types; passive helper, active helper, passive antagonist, active antagonist. Each type performs different functions of game narrative. Especially passive helper functions as a essential glue of movement in game world and makes the chain of quest narratives. Active antagonist functions as the cause of space perspective and creates dramatic effect of game narrative. Those functions make spacial, dimensional and extensible game narrative.