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#Machine.js Make behaviour trees in JavaScript

v1.1 [see changelog]

By mary rose cook

##What is Machine.js?

Machine.js lets you use a hierarchical state machine to control a JavaScript object.

  • Define a behaviour tree as JSON.

    {
          identifier: "idle", strategy: "prioritised",
          children: [
              {
                  identifier: "photosynthesise", strategy: "sequential",
                  children: [
                      { identifier: "makeEnergy" },
                      { identifier: "grow" },
                      { identifier: "emitOxygen" },
                  ]
              },
              { identifier: "gatherSun" },
              { identifier: "gatherWater" },
          ]
      };
      
  • For each leaf state, define a function that enacts the behaviour for that state. So, for the gatherSun state, define a function that gathers sun.

  • For each state, define a can function that returns true if the actor may move to that state. So, for the gatherSun state, define a function canGatherSun that returns true if the sun is out.

##Licence

The code is open source, under the MIT licence. It uses Base.js by Dean Edwards.

##Getting started

Download the repository. Open index.html in your browser to see the demo and documentation.

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