Game AI Pro 3 : Collected Wisdom of Game AI Professionals

Steve Rabin

ISBN 10: 1498742580 / ISBN 13: 9781498742580

Published by CRC Press Jun 2017, 2017

About this Item

Neuware - This book discusses cutting-edge game AI techniques primarily from game developers of shipped commercial games. Topics include AI architectures, steering and path finding, tactics/strategy, genre specific techniques, gesture recognition, and learning techniques. The book includes about 60 articles (10 pages each) that are written in a style that is technical yet accesssible to beginners but ultimately aimed at the intermediate to expert professional game developer. The book acts as a toolbox of techniques that can be applied to many common and not-so-common situations.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Game AI Pro 3 : Collected Wisdom of Game AI Professionals
• Publisher: CRC Press Jun 2017
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1498742580
• ISBN 13: 9781498742580
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 241W x 195H x 35D millimeters 241 millimeters width by 195 millimeters height by 35 millimeters depth
• Weight: 1150 grams

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Synopsis

Game AI Pro3: Collected Wisdom of Game AI Professionals presents state-of-the-art tips, tricks, and techniques drawn from developers of shipped commercial games as well as some of the best-known academics in the field. This book acts as a toolbox of proven techniques coupled with the newest advances in game AI. These techniques can be applied to almost any game and include topics such as behavior trees, utility theory, path planning, character behavior, and tactical reasoning.

KEY FEATURES

• Contains 42 chapters from 50 of the game industry’s top developers and researchers.
• Provides real-life case studies of game AI in published commercial games.
• Covers a wide range of AI in games, with topics applicable to almost any game.
• Includes downloadable demos and/or source code, available at http://www.gameaipro.com

SECTION EDITORS

Neil Kirby General Wisdom

Alex Champandard Architecture

Nathan Sturtevant Movement and Pathfinding

Damian Isla Character Behavior

Kevin Dill Tactics and Strategy; Odds and Ends

About the Author

Steve Rabin is a principal software engineer at Nintendo Technology Development and has been a key figure in the game AI community for nearly 20 years. He is founder and advisor of the GDC AI Summit, founder of the AI Game Programmers Guild, editor of 8 game development books, and principal lecturer of game AI at the DigiPen Institute of Technology since 2006.