Resource Entity Action: A Generalized Design Pattern for RTS Games

M. Abbadi; F. Giacomo; R. Orsini; A Plaat; P. Spronck; G Maggiore

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-09165-5_21

Resource Entity Action: A Generalized Design Pattern for RTS Games

M. Abbadi, F. Giacomo, R. Orsini, A Plaat, P. Spronck, G Maggiore

Academy for AI, Games & Media

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Abstract

In many Real-Time Strategy (RTS) games, players develop an army in real time, then attempt to take out one or more opponents. Despite the existence of basic similarities among the many different RTS games, engines of these games are often built ad hoc, and code re-use among different titles is minimal. We created a design pattern called "Resource Entity Action" (REA) abstracting the basic interactions that entities have with each other in most RTS games. The paper discusses the REA pattern and its language abstraction. We also discuss the implementation in the Casanova game programming language. Our analysis shows that the pattern forms a solid basis for a playable RTS game, and that it achieves considerable gains in terms of lines of code and runtime efficiency. We conclude that the REA pattern is a suitable approach to the implementation of many RTS games.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Computers and Games, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Selected papers of the CG 2013 Conference)
Editors	H. Lida, A. Plaat, H.J. van den Herik
Place of Publication	Basel, Switzerland
Publisher	Springer
Pages	244-256
Number of pages	13
ISBN (Print)	9783319091648
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09165-5_21
Publication status	Published - 2014
Event	CG 2013, 12-08-2013 - Basel, Switzerland Duration: 12 Aug 2013 → 13 Aug 2013

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	8427 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	CG 2013, 12-08-2013
City	Basel, Switzerland
Period	12/08/13 → 13/08/13

Keywords

Design Pattern
Source Entity
Language Extension
Game World
Resource Transfer

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Abbadi, M., Giacomo, F., Orsini, R., Plaat, A., Spronck, P., & Maggiore, G. (2014). Resource Entity Action: A Generalized Design Pattern for RTS Games. In H. Lida, A. Plaat, & H. J. van den Herik (Eds.), Computers and Games, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Selected papers of the CG 2013 Conference) (pp. 244-256). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 8427 LNCS). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09165-5_21

Abbadi, M. ; Giacomo, F. ; Orsini, R. et al. / Resource Entity Action: A Generalized Design Pattern for RTS Games. Computers and Games, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Selected papers of the CG 2013 Conference). editor / H. Lida ; A. Plaat ; H.J. van den Herik. Basel, Switzerland : Springer, 2014. pp. 244-256 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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Abbadi, M, Giacomo, F, Orsini, R, Plaat, A, Spronck, P & Maggiore, G 2014, Resource Entity Action: A Generalized Design Pattern for RTS Games. in H Lida, A Plaat & HJ van den Herik (eds), Computers and Games, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Selected papers of the CG 2013 Conference). Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 8427 LNCS, Springer, Basel, Switzerland, pp. 244-256, CG 2013, 12-08-2013, Basel, Switzerland, 12/08/13. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09165-5_21

Resource Entity Action: A Generalized Design Pattern for RTS Games. / Abbadi, M.; Giacomo, F.; Orsini, R. et al.
Computers and Games, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Selected papers of the CG 2013 Conference). ed. / H. Lida; A. Plaat; H.J. van den Herik. Basel, Switzerland: Springer, 2014. p. 244-256 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 8427 LNCS).

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Abbadi M, Giacomo F, Orsini R, Plaat A, Spronck P, Maggiore G. Resource Entity Action: A Generalized Design Pattern for RTS Games. In Lida H, Plaat A, van den Herik HJ, editors, Computers and Games, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Selected papers of the CG 2013 Conference). Basel, Switzerland: Springer. 2014. p. 244-256. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-09165-5_21

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