Behavior Tree of Agents in Multi-Agent System on Action Video Game

Video game has its uniqueness as escapism because it have the capabilities to pull player's focus to theirs by utilizing many factors or could be called immersive. One of the factors is the behavior of Non-Player Character (NPC) or agents in multi-agent system. Programming behavior of agents could be a daunting and difficult task, especially when the behavior of agents is too complex and it could take too much time. That is why faster alternative but also capable to done the same task or even better were needed. And that is one of the reason behavior tree is popular, because it is easy to use and visually appealing, but how about its capability? In this study we will assess how well behavior tree convey immersive in an action video game. Action video game in this study serves as multi-agent system. We hope this study could lead as foundation to more studies about behavior of agents that is not only advance and complex, but also visually appealing, easy and ready to use for people in industry.