Enemy reactions feel either robotic or impossibly instant

A fixed reaction time looks mechanical, and a uniformly random one lets enemies sometimes answer before a person could. A delay with a hard minimum and a tail of slower answers feels alive. One input edge makes the formula blow up.

Why this works

People have a floor below which no one can react, and above it most answers come fast with a few slow ones. Copying that shape makes an enemy feel like a living opponent, and the floor keeps it beatable by a person.

When not to use it

Skip it when the enemy is meant to be a machine, a trap or a perfect shot, or when the reaction is a signal the player should read and learn. A fixed, readable delay is then better than a varied one. Telegraph it clearly.

In the full entry

• What to build, step by step
• Starting values and the reason for each
• 3 common mistakes and the fix
• 25 lines of example code with 4 checks that pass
• How your AI shows you that it works

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Use the Spielerando entry "Enemy reactions feel either robotic or impossibly instant" (read_entry enemy-reaction-delay-never-faster-than-a-human) in my game. Build it step by step, and show me how you checked that it works.

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