Arriving as backup, I spent the end of 2016 and the beginning of 2017 helping the Endless Space 2 team implement and tune the game's AI opponents, having previously been (very) loosely involved in designing the new "ENFER" AI model that was being used.

I would notably come up with the system that the AI uses to choose ship equipment based on their most hated opponent. The Diplomatic Requests system that I designed during this period would be released as part of the Galactic Statecraft update.

The Amplitude marketing team wanted to create an Alternate Reality Game (ARG) to get players excited about the release of Endless Space 2. This ARG included a chatbot that players would need to interact with in order to progress.

I wrote or adapted a lot of the content used by the chatbot, including various jokes and Easter Eggs, and scripted its responses: I determined what keywords would result in what responses and what changes in emotional state. It was a lot of fun!