Has this been done (and is it possible?)

PullJosh

So I got to thinking again, which always ends badly.

I needed a new project to work on, and I wanted to create an AI to play a game. Being the person I am, I started to wonder if it was possible to create artificial intelligence that plays survival minecraft.

A little bit of Googling yielded no results, so I'm assuming nobody has been crazy enough to try this. My first thought was that it might be possible to control the player by creating a minecraft mod which acts as the AI.

Any thoughts on this? Is it possible? Feasible? Has it been done before?

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Zro716

I did a little bit of Googling too and I found a basic Minecraft bot in JS. https://github.com/PrismarineJS/mineflayer

Doesn't look like anyone has made that clever of AI yet, like one that actually plays survival as intended. If you're up for making that advanced of a bot, go for it. The only way to find out if it's possible is to actually give it a try, so good luck with that.

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PullJosh

Zro716 wrote:
I did a little bit of Googling too and I found a basic Minecraft bot in JS. https://github.com/PrismarineJS/mineflayer

Doesn't look like anyone has made that clever of AI yet, like one that actually plays survival as intended. If you're up for making that advanced of a bot, go for it. The only way to find out if it's possible is to actually give it a try, so good luck with that.

That link looks cool! Didn't know this sort of thing was possible with js (always a happy surprise).

If I were to create an AI, I'm not sure which would be cooler: A bot that plays like a real human (creates a house/base and lives happily ever after) or a bot that beats the game (reaches credits, speed-run style) as fast as possible.

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PullJosh wrote:
Zro716 wrote:
I did a little bit of Googling too and I found a basic Minecraft bot in JS. https://github.com/PrismarineJS/mineflayer

Doesn't look like anyone has made that clever of AI yet, like one that actually plays survival as intended. If you're up for making that advanced of a bot, go for it. The only way to find out if it's possible is to actually give it a try, so good luck with that.
That link looks cool! Didn't know this sort of thing was possible with js (always a happy surprise).

If I were to create an AI, I'm not sure which would be cooler: A bot that plays like a real human (creates a house/base and lives happily ever after) or a bot that beats the game (reaches credits, speed-run style) as fast as possible.

I think a combination would be the best. First, make a impressive base. Then, after a day of living there, speed run though the game.
After that, hax and spawn infinity enderdragons.

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Firedrake969

It would be much less boring to go through mines and look for stuff

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djdolphin

You might find this article interesting.

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MooShoeGaming

I think the real challenge would be getting the bot to locate blocks without being able to get block data that a regular play can't see.

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bobbybee

MooShoeGaming wrote:
I think the real challenge would be getting the bot to locate blocks without being able to get block data that a regular play can't see.

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NickyNouse

bobbybee wrote:
MooShoeGaming wrote:
I think the real challenge would be getting the bot to locate blocks without being able to get block data that a regular play can't see.
Computer visionnnnnnnn

and neural netsssssssssss.

idk if you'd need neural nets for this. Since its graphics are so simple, minecraft is one of those “perfect universe” scenarios where the data lines up exactly to the theoretical math. You might be able to do something a lot simpler to analyze the geometry.

Firedrake969

NickyNouse wrote:
bobbybee wrote:
MooShoeGaming wrote:
I think the real challenge would be getting the bot to locate blocks without being able to get block data that a regular play can't see.
Computer visionnnnnnnn

and neural netsssssssssss.
idk if you'd need neural nets for this. Since its graphics are so simple, minecraft is one of those “perfect universe” scenarios where the data lines up exactly to the theoretical math. You might be able to do something a lot simpler to analyze the geometry.

Probably neural nets for what to do with the block data (but simple stuff like “mine block X, Y” and then math to actually get to it and stuff? idk

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The_Grits

Firedrake969 wrote:
NickyNouse wrote:
bobbybee wrote:
MooShoeGaming wrote:
I think the real challenge would be getting the bot to locate blocks without being able to get block data that a regular play can't see.
Computer visionnnnnnnn

and neural netsssssssssss.
idk if you'd need neural nets for this. Since its graphics are so simple, minecraft is one of those “perfect universe” scenarios where the data lines up exactly to the theoretical math. You might be able to do something a lot simpler to analyze the geometry.
Probably neural nets for what to do with the block data (but simple stuff like “mine block X, Y” and then math to actually get to it and stuff? idk

What you said reminds me of micromouse algorithms, especially the A* algorithm.
I'm not entirely sure how you would go about making a 3D A* algorithm though, but whatever.

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bobbybee

The_Grits wrote:
Firedrake969 wrote:
NickyNouse wrote:
bobbybee wrote:
MooShoeGaming wrote:
I think the real challenge would be getting the bot to locate blocks without being able to get block data that a regular play can't see.
Computer visionnnnnnnn

and neural netsssssssssss.
idk if you'd need neural nets for this. Since its graphics are so simple, minecraft is one of those “perfect universe” scenarios where the data lines up exactly to the theoretical math. You might be able to do something a lot simpler to analyze the geometry.
Probably neural nets for what to do with the block data (but simple stuff like “mine block X, Y” and then math to actually get to it and stuff? idk
What you said reminds me of micromouse algorithms, especially the A* algorithm.
I'm not entirely sure how you would go about making a 3D A* algorithm though, but whatever.

Graphs are not in any inherent dimension, so A* can be generalized to arbitrary dimensions.

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MegaApuTurkUltra

bobbybee wrote:
Graph's aren't in any inherent dimension

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PullJosh

MegaApuTurkUltra wrote:
bobbybee wrote:
Graph's aren't in any inherent dimension
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People alway's add appostrophy's to their plural's, and it drive's me crazy.

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bobbybee

MegaApuTurkUltra wrote:
bobbybee wrote:
Graph's aren't in any inherent dimension
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In my defense, Arc Dark Firefox makes it really hard to see what I'm typing…

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PullJosh

bobbybee wrote:
MegaApuTurkUltra wrote:
bobbybee wrote:
Graph's aren't in any inherent dimension
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In my defense, Arc Dark Firefox makes it really hard to see what I'm typing…

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nathanprocks

http://blogs.microsoft.com/next/2016/03/13/project-aix-using-minecraft-build-intelligent-technology/

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The_Grits

nathanprocks wrote:
http://blogs.microsoft.com/next/2016/03/13/project-aix-using-minecraft-build-intelligent-technology/

lol That blog post was the same exact day as the original post.

It's neat how they are trying to make it learn as it goes instead of programming it everything from the beginning.

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