Kiting in RTS games using influence maps

Abstract

Influence Maps have been successfully used in controlling the navigation of multiple units. In this paper, we apply the idea to the problem of simulating a kiting behavior (also known as "attack and flee") in the context of real-time strategy (RTS) games. We present our approach and evaluate it in the popular RTS game StarCraft, where we analyze the benefits that our approach brings to a StarCraft playing bot. Copyright © 2012, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence. All rights reserved.