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Understanding AI Through a Game

                  All of us love to play video games and  you must have heard of the game Pac-man. Let us

                  understand the game.


































                  The game takes place in a maze. The player controls Pac-man whose task is to eat all of the
                  dots placed in the maze while avoiding four ghosts. The exciting part of the game is that the
                  four ghosts have their own personality controlled by the central AI system. Blinky (red) is the

                  leader and consistently follows Pac-man. Inky (cyan) is a shy ghost and tends to follow Blinky.
                  Pinky (pink) is a slow ghost which tries to trap Pac-man by predicting where he is likely to
                  go. Finally, Clyde (orange) is a coward ghost which escapes as soon as Pac-man is closing by.

                  Pac-man is a simple game, but the AI’s actions can be seen in practice and easily understood.



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