%0 Journal Article
%T Synthetic Players: A Quest for Artificial Intelligence in Computer Games
%A Jouni Smed
%A Harri Hakonen
%J Human IT: Tidskrift f£¿r Studier av IT ur ett Humanvetenskapligt Perspektiv
%D 2005
%I H?gskolan i Bor?s
%X Synthetic players are the computer-controlled actors in a computer game. In this paper, we describe both the implementation issues and the behavioural expectations related to synthetic players. We recognize the role of synthetic players by analysing the components of games in general and computer games in particular.
%U http://www.hb.se/bhs/ith/3-7/jshh.pdf