{"product_id":"game-ai-uncovered-volume-two-paperback","title":"Game AI Uncovered: Volume Two - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Roberts\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eGame AI Uncovered: Volume Two\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e continues the series with the collected wisdom, ideas, tricks and cutting-edge techniques from 22 of the top game AI professionals and researchers from around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe techniques discussed in these pages cover the underlying development of a wide array of published titles, including \u003ci\u003eThe Survivalists\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWheelman\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePlants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDead Space\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eZombie Army 4\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEvil Genius 2\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSniper Elite 5\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSonic \u0026amp; All-Stars Racing Transformed\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDiRT: Showdown\u003c\/i\u003e, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContained within this volume are overviews and insights covering a host of different areas within game AI, including generalised planners, player imitation, awareness, dynamic behaviour trees, decision-making architectures, agent learning for automated playthroughs, utility systems, machine learning for cinematography, directed acyclic graphs, environment steering, difficulty scenarios, environmental cues through voxels, automated testing approaches, dumbing down your AI, synchronized path following, and much more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeginners to the area of game AI, along with professional developers, will find a wealth of knowledge that will not only help in the development of your own games but also spark ideas for new approaches.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume includes chapters written by Nuno Vicente Barreto, Steve Bilton, Andy Brown, Dr Allan Bruce, Richard Bull, Phil Carlisle, Sarah Cook, Michele Condò, Steven Dalton, Rodolfo Fava, Jonas Gillberg, Dominik Gotojuch, Dale Green, Tobias Karlsson, Jonathan Keslake, Fernando Penousal Machado, Ivan Mateev, Dr Nic Melder, Dr Bram Ridder, Paul Roberts, Licínio Roque, and Andrea Schiel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Roberts\u003c\/b\u003e is the technical director of the independent game studio Grinning Cat. Prior to this he worked in a variety of Principal \/ Lead AI Programmer roles for a range of studios in the UK including Sumo Digital, Team17, Traveller's Tales, Activision, and some smaller indie studios. For several years Paul also led the Games Programming department at Staffordshire University, where he taught Game AI and programming principles. He has a Master's degree in Computer Science with Artificial Intelligence, which focused on pathfinding, the development of the DRS algorithm and ways to test the believability of generated paths. Paul has written a number of books, some fiction, others academic, the latest of which is 'Artificial Intelligence in Games' published by CRC Press in 2022 and is also the editor for this Game AI Uncovered series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 210\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 04, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51896498028832,"sku":"9781032343174","price":110.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/MHSwykGMZw9781032343174.webp?v=1782058138","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/game-ai-uncovered-volume-two-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}