Age AI Coach
AI-powered live coaching for Age of Empires 2 DE players. Perfect for climbing the ranked ladder or practicing for your first ranked matches.
Coming soon...
Features
Age AI Coach is looking over your shoulder - literally via real-time screen capture. Coach insights are available through:
Post-Game Review
Get detailed feedback on your performance immediately after each match. Track key stats across economy, military production, and tech timings across all ages.
Live Alerts
Receive real-time coaching tips during single-player games (disabled in ranked multiplayer for fair play). Get notified about idle Town Center, wood float, housed villagers, etc while practicing your build orders.
Improved Tech Tree Overlay
Also see your opponent's tech tree in the overlay to exploit their weaknesses. Now available via hotkey.
Requirements (Beta)
- Supported screen resolutions: 16:9 at 1080p or higher, including 4K. 16:10 resolution only tested with 1920x1200.
- NVIDIA GPU. Feel free to try it with CPU, but alerts would be slightly slower and stats less accurate.
- Required in-game mod: Anne_HK - Better Resource Panel and Idle Villager Icon (available on the in-game mod browser). Required for current screen capture setup.
- In-game HUD scale setting: 99-100% (required for current screen capture setup).
- Game time display enabled (default F11 to toggle).
- No mods that alter the production queue or resource panel display.
These requirements will become more lenient over time as support expands.
Join the Waitlist
Get early access and help shape the Age AI Coach.
You're welcome to join the beta waitlist even if you don't meet the above requirements. You'll retain your original spot if you decline an invite for any reason.
Development Timeline
Alpha
Testing with friends
Initial Closed Beta
Invite only access to test beta readiness
Closed Beta
Expand access and iterative development based on feedback
Open Beta
Offer the beta without waitlist invites.
Fairness Framework
The Age AI Coach only observes what the player can already see on their screen. This is consistent with existing mods.
1. What It Sees
The app captures your screen, the same information available to you as the player.
2. What It Does in Ranked
In ranked play, the app only makes existing information more accessible. No real-time alerts. Gameplay feedback comes in a post-game review. The gut check is:
- Does this feel like you checking information, or like a friend/coach alerting you to something?
- Could you have this on a post-it note or a website on a second screen?
3. What It Does in Single Player
Full coaching mode including real-time alerts (e.g. TC idle detection). Practice is where maximum feedback helps most.
4. Accessibility
The Age AI Coach is free and not exclusive. The closed beta is temporary to ensure quality. The goal is for every player to be able to use this. Supporting all setups (resolutions, hardware, UI configurations) will be a journey.
5. Community Input
Actively engaging the community to validate whether this framework and its application hold up. Share your feedback on Discord.