Artificial Intelligence for Computer Games: An Introduction

by John David Funge (Author)

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Learn to make games that are more fun and engaging! Building on fundamental principles of Artificial Intelligence, Funge explains how to create Non-Player Characters (NPCs) with progressively more sophisticated capabilities. Starting with the basic capability of acting in the game world, the book explains how to develop NPCs who can perceive, remember what they perceive, and then continue in the game play to think about the effects of possible actions, and finally learn from their experience. Funge considers the system architecture and explains how to implement potential behaviors (both reactive and deliberate) for intelligent and responsive NPCs allowing for games that are more fun and engaging. Emphasizing enduring design principles, Funge covers the basics of Game AI and provides a clear, easy to read introduction that beginning programmers and game designers will enjoy.

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"He presents advanced AI research in a way that is meaningful to the working game AI programmer." -Craig Reynolds, Slashdot, January 2005

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ A K Peters/CRC Press (July 29, 2004)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 160 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1568812086
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1568812083
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.25 x 0.75 x 9.75 inches

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John Funge (www.jfunge.com) is a co-founder and one of the lead scientists at a new Silicon Valley based company focusing on AI effects for computer entertainment. John previously worked at Sony Computer Entertainment America's (SCEA) research lab. Before that John was a member of Intel's Microcomputer Research Lab (MRL). He received a B.Sc. in Mathematics and Computer Science from King's College London in 1990, an M.Sc. in Computation from Oxford University in 1991, and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Toronto in 1998. For his Ph.D. John successfully developed a new approach to high-level control of characters in games and animation. John is the author of numerous technical papers and two books, including his new book Artificial Intelligence for Computer Games: An Introduction (www.ai4games.org). John is the Associate Editor for AI and Goal-Directed Action Planning for the International Journal of Intelligent Games and Simulation (IJIGS) and a member of the International Game Developers Association (IGDA) Artificial Intelligence Interface Standards Committee (AIISC). His current research interests include computer games, machine learning, knowledge representation and new democratic methods.

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igor ilyin

Introduction into AI programming in computer games.

Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2013

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The book gives an overview of current state of academic researches in the sphere of AI and describes in details specifics of implementation of AI in computer games.It manages to avoid both complications of math theory and deep details of game programming. Useful both for specialists in AI and for game developers as finds relevant intersection of both areas.

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Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2004

This is the best introduction to AI and computer games available. It's the first book in this area to combine knowledge of academic AI with knowledge of practical computer game development. Most books either are overly academic, with little practical relevance, or overly practical, with little academic substance. In contrast, this book presents a unified approach that begins with simple agents and works up to more complex agents that function in game worlds. The author emphasises enduring design principles, rather than enumerating a list of the latest gee-whiz techniques, which quickly date. The prose is refreshingly straightforward, and the author clearly explains all the concepts. This book is an ideal introduction, and is suitable for youngsters interesting in programming and making games, and also would make a good introductory textbook for a university game AI course. I have been working in the computer games industry for 20 years, yet still found new ideas in the later chapters.

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A joy to read

Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2008

I had a lot of fun reading this book - it's short ( compared to those giant 700-800 page books ) but covers a lot of very interesting concepts with clear and simple examples. The concepts presented include the most recent developments in Game AI and academic AI which is nice. The author describes the algorithms and ideas used in various aspects of Game AI design by guiding the reader through a simple game. The writing is clear and concise. Overall, a joy to read.

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G. Pugliese

Great book for beginners

Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2005

Well the reviewer above who said the book was worth 5 bucks totally missed the point of the book. This was not the typical 400-plus-page book chock full of code examples that could be dropped into an app and used as code modules. This book is specifically for those who would like a relatively quick, comprehensive overview of a lot of the main areas that computer game AI involves. None are gone into extremely deeply, but they don't need to be - that's not the point of the book.

The book did seem short when I first saw it, but there's a surprising amount of content here. For me it was a perfect intro to game AI and a great book to start with for anyone who would like to learn more about the subject.

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Riccardo Audano

Worth about 5 bucks

Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2005

A total rip off! This skimpy booklet reads like a thesis and has only scarce and laughable code snippets. 35 dollars for this? You must be kidding! If interested in a decent, hands on game AI programming book try "Programming Game AI by Example" by Mat Buckland.

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