AIMay 1, 2015
Automatic Observer Script for StarCraft: Brood War Bot Games (technical report)
arXiv:1505.00278v15 citations
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This addresses the problem of improving spectator engagement in bot tournaments for viewers, but it is incremental as it builds on existing BWAPI tools.
The authors developed an automated script for StarCraft: Brood War bot tournaments to control the in-game camera and follow relevant events, aiming to enhance viewer experience during live streams.
This short report describes an automated BWAPI-based script developed for live streams of a StarCraft Brood War bot tournament, SSCAIT. The script controls the in-game camera in order to follow the relevant events and improve the viewer experience. We enumerate its novel features and provide a few implementation notes.