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How to build a reading list for LLM game NPC agents with Awesome AI for Games

Collect the Play and Act papers on LLM and RL agents that control game characters.

  • Top pick
  • Research
  • Beginner
  • 15 minutes
  • From the README
  • Any agent

Who it is forA game AI researcher or NPC designer who needs a starting set of papers before prototyping character behavior.

The problemPapers on game agents are spread across many venues and years, and it is slow to find the ones that match a specific task.

The outcomeA short, sorted list of relevant papers with links to the paper, project, and code where the README provides them.

What you need first

  • A web browser to open the README and the linked survey map and literature search pages
  • Basic familiarity with the game topic you want to research

Steps

  1. Open the README and jump to the Choose a research role section.
  2. Select the Play and Act role to go to its papers.
  3. Scan the 2026 and 2025 entries for NPC, persona, or social-interaction topics, such as the PUBG Ally and FAIRGAMER entries.
  4. Open the paper and code links for the three to five most relevant entries and save them to your reading list.

Prompt for your agent

Using the Eurekaleo/awesome-ai-for-games README, list the Play and Act papers that involve game NPCs or persona-driven characters, with their paper and code links. Verify that each entry you return appears under the Play and Act heading.

Caveat. The list links to external papers and code, and the README does not say which of them are maintained or reproducible, so check each source before relying on it.

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