Hierarchical Task Networks for Mission Generation and Real-time Behavior
Certainly one of my biggest take aways from the Paris Game AI Conference 2009 was the rise of hierarchical task network (HTN) planning techniques for games.
Game AI Conf '10 Announces Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Keynote, Last Tickets Available
The organizers of the Paris Game AI Conference 2010 (set to take place June 23rd and 24th) are excited to announce a keynote by Mikael Hedberg about the combat AI in BATTLEFIELD:
Hierarchical Task Networks for Mission Generation and Real-time Behavior
Certainly one of my biggest take aways from the Paris Game AI Conference 2009 was the rise of hierarchical task network (HTN) planning techniques for games.
The Quest Towards the Holy Grail of AAA Character Locomotion
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Non-Determinism and Statistical Outcomes in OPERATION FLASHPOINT 2 (aka. You Shot My Pilot!)
I've been enjoying the OPERATION FLASHPOINT: DRAGON RISING campaign recently.
14+ Reasons for Coming to Paris in June: Game AI Conference '10 Line-Up Announced
Building on the incredible success of last year's sell-out event, AiGameDev.
Case-based Reasoning and User Generated Behavior with Ashwin Ram
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AI Summit '10: Slides, Notes, Highlights and Photos
The first two days of GDC 2010 featured the second edition of the AI Summit, which brought together a variety of game AI developers from around the world.
On the AI Strategy for KILLZONE 2's Multiplayer Bots
The first session at GDC's AI Summit features a case study of recent games.
Paris Game AI Conference Line Up Detailed, Early Bird Tickets Selling Out!
AiGameDev.com is excited to announce more sessions in the line-up for the Paris Game AI Conference 2010.
Introversion's AI: From Darwinia to Multiwinia with Chris Delay
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Global Jam Report: On Little Old Cleaning Ladies in Stealth Games
Last weekend, the Global Game Jam was held worldwide and we took the opportunity to turn it into an AI Marmalade. (For those of you that still don't get the breakfast joke: jam, marmalade.
Paris Game AI Conference 2010 Announces Keynote Speakers
AiGameDev.com is proud to announce the first sessions of the Paris Game AI Conference 2010 program.
Would You Like Some AI Marmalade to Accompany that Game Jam, Sir? Madam?
The Global Game Jam will take place worldwide this weekend. For those of you participating that are looking for a challenge, fresh ideas to distinguish your game,
Predictions in Retrospect, Trends, Key Moments and Controversies of 2009!
2009 has been a very important year for game AI as a discipline, possibly one of the most significant yet.
Announcing the Paris Game AI Conference 2010 and Call for Proposals
Those of you who stay up-to-date with AiGameDev.com behind the scenes (on Twitter or in the Forums) know that we've been preparing the 2010 edition of the Paris Game AI Conference for many months
This Year's Brightest Games: 2009 AiGameDev.com Awards for Game AI (Results)
This 3rd edition is set to be the most controversial yet fascinating Annual Awards for Game AI! Let me clarify.
The Isla Principle, New AI Engineer Mistakes & Best Wishes from Our Sponsors
What common mistakes do new AI engineers make when they first move into game development? How long does it take for them to realize that designers will find edge cases in the code no matter what?
Vote Now! 2009 AiGameDev.com Awards for Game AI
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Welcome to the 3rd Annual AiGameDev.
The 2009 AiGameDev.com Awards for Game AI: Submit Your Nominations
In December for the past couple years, AiGameDev.com has hosted The Game AI Awards to celebrate the games that came out over the previous twelve months and particularly those with great artificial
Where Did That Enemy Go? Threat Prediction and Reasoning in KILLZONE 2
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HCSM: A Framework for Behavior and Scenario Control in Virtual Environments
Finite-state machines have been getting a lot of bad press over the past couple years, and justifiably so!
Winning the 2K Bot Prize with a Long-Term Memory Database using SQLite
Note: This article was written by Jeremy Cothran and Alex Champandard (editor) about Jeremy's winning entry to the 2009 edition of the 2K Bot Prize.
The Designer's Notebook: Bad Game Designer, No Twinkie! X
Veteran designer Ernest Adams reviews nine more game design mistakes,
xaitment upgrades its AI game tools to version 2.6
xaitment is a German-based developer of artificial intelligence tools for games and simulations.
Game using NeoAxis Engine released on Steam
Makivision Games uses the NeoAxis Game Engine for Sacraboar.
On Nov. 6th 2009 "Sacraboar", an Indie game using the NeoAxis Game Engine was released. It's available on Impulse (www.impulsedriven.
Procedural Level Geometry from Left 4 Dead 2: Spying on the AI Director 2.0
Since Valve announced Left 4 Dead 2, the feature of the AI Director 2.0 that grabbed the most attention has to be the dynamically changing level geometry.
Squad Patrol in Halo 3 ODST: Populating a Hub World with Enemy Forces
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There's a Hole in Your NavMesh, Dear Zombie
INVITATION: What are the next big challenges for Zombie AI? Join resident expert Phil Carlisle and your regular host Alex Champandard in a Halloween Special this weekend.
3D Rad v6.40 Now Supports Scan-based Weapons And A.I.
The November 2009 release of 3D Rad brings a new 'Scanner' object you can use to implement ray-casting based weapons or to scan the surroundings, when implementing AI systems.
