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Automatic Observer Script for StarCraft: Brood War Bot Games (technical report)

Artificial Intelligence 2015-05-05 v1
Authors: Björn Persson Mattsson , Tomáš Vajda , Michal Čertický
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Abstract

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.

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@article{arxiv.1505.00278,
  title  = {Automatic Observer Script for StarCraft: Brood War Bot Games (technical report)},
  author = {Björn Persson Mattsson and Tomáš Vajda and Michal Čertický},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1505.00278},
  year   = {2015}
}

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