Game AI Pro: Collected Wisdom of Game AI Professionals

Game AI Pro #1

by Steven Rabin (Editor)

Successful games merge art and technology in truly unique ways. Fused under tight production deadlines and strict performance requirements, shaped by demanding player expectations, games are among the most complex software projects created today. Game AI Collected Wisdom of Game AI Professionals covers both the art and the technology of game AI. Nothing covered is theory or guesswork. The book brings together the accumulated wisdom, cutting-edge ideas, and clever tricks and techniques of 54 of today’s top game AI professionals. Some chapters present techniques that have been developed and passed down within the community for years while others discuss the most exciting new research and ideas from today’s most innovative games. The book includes core algorithms that you’ll need to succeed, such as behavior trees, utility theory, spatial representation, path planning, motion control, and tactical reasoning. It also describes tricks and techniques that will truly bring your game to life, including perception systems, social modeling, smart camera systems, player prediction, and even an AI sound designer. Throughout, the book discusses the optimizations and performance enhancements that enable your game to run while maintaining 60 frames per second.

Genres: Programming, Games, Artificial Intelligence, Game Design

628 pages, Hardcover

First published May 15, 2013

Reviews

[Asser Fahrenholz · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good walktrough of techniques used in game development. It provides a base for people to start their thought process when solving problems or thinking of ways to develop their game.

[Mickey Marian · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing in depth knowledge of game Ai programming! Love It!

[David Hunter · Rating 4 out of 5]

A lot of really great articles here, but the website is missing several demo code libraries that the articles mention.