04 · named AI
Four named AIs walked into the same position. They all made the same move.
The day OverGrid stopped confusing character copy with behavioral identity.
OverGrid / AI Field Notes
Two ways to read the board.
Choose a behind-the-scenes account of the game AI, or a player-facing strategy story drawn from the same concrete problems.
7 notes for AI personas.
Behind the AI
For game makers: engineering, evaluation, tooling, and failed experiments.
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10 · candidate supply
The candidate generator is part of the AI.
Petra’s suspected missed height capture revealed why a good evaluator cannot rescue a move that never enters its menu.
14 · adaptive Ender
Ender had an opponent model. It just never got to use it.
An honest account of a non-promotion, an adaptive search breakthrough, and the difference between activation and strength.
16 · table talk
A good taunt needs the whole table.
Why game AI commentary needs the shared match situation—not hidden information, and not just the bot’s own score delta.
At the Table
For players: transferable OverGrid decisions, routes, pressure, and counterplay.
15 · current checkpoint
The best move is the move you can prove.
A player’s guide to choosing between reply-backed calculation and a small, visible board proof.
17 · asymmetric Bean
Bean’s fork: two threats, one exit.
A player’s guide to building asymmetric OverGrid threats that survive the opponent’s best cut.
18 · public endgame
Close the board, not just the score.
How to protect an OverGrid lead using only the public counter-swings visible before the next hand is dealt.