2012-12-20T13:43:00+00:00 https://jonasnick.github.io/ Jonas Nick Zola 2012-12-20T13:43:00+00:00 https://jonasnick.github.io/blog/2012/12/20/a-star-for-marioai <p><img src="/images/MarioScreenshot.png" alt="" /><br /> Check out my <a href="https://github.com/jonasnick/A-star">A* Implementation</a>. Your nodes can be easily added by inheriting the ASearchNode class. The purpose of the A* is to handle WorldNodes in the interface of the <a href="http://www.marioai.org">Mario AI Competion</a>. The aim of the competition is to develop an artificial agent in the game Infinite Mario Bros who completes a level fastest. Like in Robin Baumgartens competition <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlkMs4ZHHr8">submission</a> the WorldNodes are generated using a simulation and then searched with the A*. Our current goal at the Chair of Cognitive Modeling Tübingen is to connect the the planning with a rudimentary brain module which is capable of learning object interactions. Therefore the agent will wander around to collect knowledge about his environment and then exploit it according to its motivation.</p> <p><strong>Update</strong> Some of my successors enhanced Mario’s capabilities and submitted a <a rel="external" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AplG6KnOr2Q">great video demonstration that went viral</a> to the AAAI Video Competition 2015.</p>