Introduction to Starcraft, Strategy, and Bot AI Programming

Time Codes:
00:00 - Introduction / Links
02:13 - What is Starcraft / RTS?
05:23 - Basic RTS Strategies
08:31 - Starcraft Races
10:28 - Terran Overview
13:06 - Protoss Overview
15:26 - Zerg Overview
18:37 - Example Game Scenario
20:55 - What is a Build Order?
23:19 - Starcraft Game Play Demo / Tutorial
36:48 - Build Order Considerations
38:32 - BWAPI Introduction
41:35 - STARTcraft Github Project (starter code project)
44:08 - Starcraft Unit Commands in BWAPI
49:34 - Starcraft Unit Properties
52:53 - BWAPI Important Classes
59:40 - BWAPI Resource Gathering Code
1:07:49 - Starcraft Army Composition
1:08:23 - Starcraft Tech Tree
1:10:42 - Starcraft Maps: Chokepoints, Expansions, and Islands
1:15:18 - Fog of War + Invisible Units
1:17:09 - Starcraft Base Progression
1:19:43 - Starcraft Grid / Positioning Systems
1:31:26 - Map Analysis Libraries
1:32:32 - BWAPI Example Scouting Code
1:37:42 - Starcraft AI Combat Note
1:39:49 - Starcraft AI Bot Logic Flow
1:40:11 - STARTcraft Demo

Link to Presentation PDF:
http://www.cs.mun.ca/~dchurchill/star...

Part 2: Starcraft AI Programming Tutorial:
STARTcraft - Complete Beginner Starcr...

Results of the 2020 AIIDE Starcraft AI Competition:
2020 AIIDE Starcraft AI Competition -...


Website:
http://www.cs.mun.ca/~dchurchill/


Video was recorded as part of a lecture for my course COMP 4303: Video Game AI:
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