This video is a nice introduction to “Utility AI” systems and includes examples from games like The Sims and Total War. (The Sims section starts around time 6:5

This video is a nice introduction to “Utility AI” systems and includes examples from games like The Sims and Total War. (The Sims section starts around time 6:50.) https://youtu.be/p3Jbp2cZg3Q https://youtu.be/p3Jbp2cZg3Q A utility system is basically a codification of Maslow’s hierarchy: the system continuously re-evaluates possible behaviors’ utility functions and then chooses the top-scoring behavior. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utility_system https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utility_system