The design and/or logic of how an in-game entity makes decisions about its behavior.
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New to creating AI - where to start?
I am new to game programming and am trying to make a basic 2d top-down space game with 2 space ships that fight each other. I am doing well with the user controlled space ship, but have no idea how ...
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Available AI middleware
A useful list of AI middleware. Please provide URL, free/open-source or licenced, and brief description of abilites.
Format:
*Package* (License)
Link
Pros
Cons
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How to demo Advanced Game AI as a portfolio piece?
Basically every Game company wants to see a portfolio that exhibits your skill set. If you're specializing in AI though, what and how should you show off your skills.
Some thoughts
Is nice ...
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Target Tracking: When to accelerate and decelerate a rotating turret?
Say I have a moving circular target defined as:
Vector2 position;
Vector2 velocity;
float radius;
And a rotating turret (mounted on a moving vehicle of some kind) defined as:
Vector2 position;
...
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PacMan character AI suggestions for optimal next direction
Firstly, this is AI for PacMan and not the ghosts.
I am writing an Android live wallpaper which plays PacMan around your icons. While it supports user suggestions via screen touches, the majority of ...
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Patterns for racing AI behaviour
So let's say you've got a spline-based racing AI. Assume it can already handle the basics of braking and steering around the track.
How would you structure and implement collision avoidance, ...
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How do I make complex AI manageable? [closed]
In the past, I've used simple systems like finite state machines (FSMs) and hierarchical FSMs to control AI behavior. This pattern falls apart very quickly or any complex system.
I've heard about ...
