Most gamers know that the system adapts to their playing skills in order to set them stronger challenges. This means that some amount of programming is dedicated to finding out how a gamer thinks and what goals he is likely to set in a given situation. Now researchers at North Carolina State University have come up with a software that can predicting what goal a player is trying to achieve in a video game with far greater accuracy than before.

The Artificial Intelligence based software holds great potential in helping game manufacturers design new ways of improving the gaming experience for players. Dr. James Lester, a professor of computer science said that they developed this software for use in educational gaming, but it has applications for all video game developers.This is a key step in developing player-adaptive games that can respond to player actions to improve the gaming experience, either for entertainment or — in our case — for education, said Dr Lester.

The researchers tested the software called AI on an educational game called “Crystal Island,” which they developed years earlier. the actions of 137 players were tracked and then the software was able to accurately pin point just what the player was trying to achieve in the game. Now that is an entertaining science project I would love to be a part of.