CIGA: A middleware for intelligent agents in virtual environments

Abstract

Building intelligent behavior in (educational) games and simulations can greatly benefit from the use of agent technology. Intelligent agents within a multi-agent system can be developed for controlling virtual characters in a simulation environment within a game engine. Coupling a multi-agent system to a game engine is not a trivial task and introduces several conceptual design issues concerning embodied agent design. In this paper we present CIGA, a middleware to facilitate this coupling tackling the design issues in a structured approach, not only for embodied agent design but also for the system as a whole. © 2012 Springer-Verlag.