Game AI Pro 360: Guide to Character Behavior

Cutting-edge character behavior techiques for game AI primarily from game developers of shipped commercial games. The book acts as a toolbox of techniques that can be applied to many common and not-so-common situations. Steve Rabin’s Game AI Pro 360: Guide to Character Behavior gathers all the cutting-edge information from his previous three Game AI Pro volumes into a convenient single source anthology that covers character behavior in game AI. This volume is complete with articles by leading game AI programmers that focus on individual AI behavior such as character interactions, modelling knowledge, efficient simulation, difficulty balancing, and making decisions with case studies from both commercial and indie games. Key Features Provides real-life case studies of game AI in published commercial games Material by top developers and researchers in Game AI Downloadable demos and/or source code available online