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
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.
