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Skyrim's version of Radiant AI was developed from a drawing Todd Howard made on a napkin

With Oblivion Remastered sucking up everyone's time, there's a whole new generation of people getting to enjoy Cyrodiil's weird NPCs—and for us Oblivion vets, it's a chance to reconnect with some old ...
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Oblivion Returns and AI Is Flexing Its Restoration Skills

Radiant AI was introduced in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (2006) as a system enabling NPCs to make autonomous choices and follow daily routines, rather than just scripted patterns. Each NPC had ...
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Skyrim’s Lead Designer Reveals How the Game’s AI System Was Designed

Gabriel has been playing games since he was a kid. Loves most RPG games, platformers, and innovative indie games, and can talk for hours about how the first Fallout is the greatest game ever. He ...
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Skyrim’s Lead Designer Reveals How the Game’s AI System Was Designed

Former Bethesda developer Bruce Nesmith has recently revealed that the design of Radiant NPCs in The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim came from a napkin drawing made by Todd Howard. “Napkin stories” are common ...