A method to use natural language processing (NLP) to control automated gameplay in one or more online games within an online gaming platform, the method being implemented in a computer system, the method comprising:
- electronically storing information, wherein the information includes sets of in-game activities, wherein an individual one of the sets of in-game activities is associated with an individual activity-defining characteristic of one or more user-controllable characters, wherein the individual activity-defining characteristic defines in-game activities in the individual one of the sets of in-game activities available to be performed during the automated gameplay;
- selecting a user-controllable character from the one or more user-controllable characters;
- determining a particular activity-defining characteristic for the user-controllable character, wherein the particular activity-defining characteristic defines a particular characteristic-specific set of in-game activities available to be performed during the automated gameplay by the user-controllable character;
- determining, based on the stored information, the particular characteristic-specific set of in-game activities associated with the particular activity-defining characteristic, wherein in-game activities in the particular characteristic-specific set of in-game activities are available to be performed during the automated gameplay by the user-controllable character;
- training a pretrained text-based system, using prompts, to generate sequences indicating in-game activities from the particular characteristic-specific set of in-game activities, wherein individual ones of the prompts are based on a combination of
- (i) a textual description of an individual in-game activity that is included in the particular characteristic-specific set of in-game activities and
- (ii.) the individual in-game activity;
- receiving, from a user, a user input, wherein the user input represents a user-provided textual description describing multiple commands for the user-controllable character, wherein the user-provided textual description further describes a condition to be evaluated by the user-controllable character during the automated gameplay by the user-controllable character, wherein at least one of the multiple commands is controlled by the condition;
- generating, using the trained pretrained text-based system, a sequence indicating the condition and at least a first in-game activity and a second in-game activity, wherein generation of the generated sequence is based on the user-provided textual description;
- transferring the generated sequence to the online gaming platform;
- and
- effectuating automated execution of in-game activities by the user-controllable character in accordance with the generated sequence, wherein the automated execution includes an evaluation of the condition, wherein, subsequent to and depending on the evaluation of the condition by the user-controllable character during the automated gameplay by the user-controllable character, either the first in-game activity or the second in-game activity is automatically executed during the automated gameplay.