AoE2 RAG + chatbot

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Hi everyone,

 

I am trying to build an Age of Empires 2 chatbot + RAG system that answers strategy, mechanics, gameplay questions etc. This is just for fun, there isn’t anything lucrative here because modern LLM’s do a great enough job at this already (Grok seems particularly good at videogame questions).

 

I’m just trying to build something in a vacuum so to speak to learn some skills surrounding databases and RAG, in addition to the LLM/API/ whatever integrations.

 

I don’t have a database background. My problem is that LLM reasoning does not seem to be good at complex long chain of events type thinking. I’ve gone down so many rabbit holes and have wasted so much time. 
 

What I need is a great starting point, a great and simple enough not to break design that I can learn to implement. Even if that means *knowing what questions to actually ask* an LLM in the design phase so I’m not chasing my own tail. Any suggestions would be great, thank you.