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9781584505723

Ai Game Engine Programming

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  • ISBN13:

    9781584505723

  • ISBN10:

    1584505729

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2008-12-22
  • Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Summary

This fully revised update to the first edition provides game developers with the tools and wisdom necessary to create modern game AI engines. It takes programmers from theory to actual game development, with usable code frameworks designed to go beyond merely detailing how a technique might be used. In addition, it surveys the capabilities of the different techniques used in some current AI engines, and covers common pitfalls, design considerations, and optimizations. You'll also find a clean, usable interface for a variety of game AI techniques and hands-on exercised to teach the skills and techniques presented.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Basic Definitions and Concepts
An AI Engine: the Basic Components and Design
AIsteroids: Our AI Test Bed
Role-Playing Games (RPGs)
Adventure Games
Real-Time Strategy (RTS) Games
First-Person Shooters/Third-Person Shooters (FTPS)
Platform Games
Shooter Games
Sports Games
Racing Games
Classic Strategy Games
Fighting Games
Miscellaneous Genres of Note
Finite-State Machines
Fuzzy-State Machines (FuSMs)
Message-Based Systems
Scripting Systems
Location-Based Information Systems
Steering Behaviors
Combination Systems
Genetic Algorithms
Neural Networks
Other Techniques of Note
Distributed AI Design
Common AI Development Concerns
Debugging
Conclusions, and the Future
About the CD
References
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