AI_STRUCTURE.md

AI Architecture

Overview

The AI operates on a simple, high-level strategy system that adapts based on ball possession. At the core, the TeamAI class determines whether the team should be on offense or defense and assigns roles to individual AIPlayer instances accordingly.

Key Components

• AIManager.ts: The top-level manager that orchestrates all AI teams in the game.
• TeamAI.ts: Manages a single team's strategy. It switches between OffensiveStrategy and DefensiveStrategy based on which team last possessed the ball.
• AIPlayer.ts: Represents a single AI-controlled player, executing the specific goal assigned to it by TeamAI (e.g., "ATTACK," "SUPPORT," "DEFEND").

Strategies

• OffensiveStrategy.ts: Assigns attacking and supporting roles to players when the team has possession.
• DefensiveStrategy.ts: Assigns defensive roles to players when the opponent has possession.

This streamlined structure allows for clear, role-based decision-making without the complexity of a scorer-based evaluation system.