Let a garden pet wander the pen, stop to graze and pick real new spots

A sheep or hen that picks a random spot every few seconds often picks one right beside itself, shuffles two steps and stops, over and over. Or it walks to the fence and stands in it. Here is a short routine for a pet that moves with purpose, rests in between, and always has somewhere worth going.

Why this works

Living things alternate between rest and purpose. A pet that always has a goal worth walking to, and pauses in between, reads as having a mind; tiny random steps read as a glitch, because nobody walks to a spot two paces away.

When not to use it

Skip it when the pet should react to the player, follow, flee or fetch something. A pet that picks its own spots ignores everything around it, so give it the player's position as the goal instead.

In the full entry

• What to build, step by step
• Starting values and the reason for each
• 3 common mistakes and the fix
• A diagram of every state
• 52 lines of example code with 5 checks that pass
• How your AI shows you that it works

Say this to your AI

Use the Spielerando entry "Let a garden pet wander the pen, stop to graze and pick real new spots" (read_entry garden-pet-wanders-and-grazes-without-jittering-in-place) in my game. Build it step by step, and show me how you checked that it works.

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