{"product_id":"game-ai-uncovered-9781032343174","title":"Game AI Uncovered","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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 cuttingâedge 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; AllâStars 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, decisionâmaking 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 CondÃ, 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, LicÃnio Roque, and Andrea Schiel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018989371735,"sku":"9781032343174","price":44.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032343174.jpg?v=1750778934","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/game-ai-uncovered-9781032343174","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}