The Game AI Programmer's Bookshelf

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Post by danso » Sun, Jan 04, 2015, 5:30 PM UTC

The Game AI Programmer's Bookshelf
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Re: The Game AI Programmer's Bookshelf

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Post by SecurityAlert » Sun, Jan 04, 2015, 8:36 PM UTC

Yes, this is the list at Amazon if you search for Game AI books.

Very good, but why not just search for it on Amazon?

Re: The Game AI Programmer's Bookshelf

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Post by SecurityAlert » Sun, Jan 04, 2015, 8:36 PM UTC

Yes, this is the list at Amazon if you search for Game AI books.

Very good, but why not just search for it on Amazon?

Re: The Game AI Programmer's Bookshelf

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Post by alimoeeny » Sun, Jan 04, 2015, 9:45 PM UTC

If you have personal experience, read, any of the books, I (and I imagine other HNers) appreciate your comments on the books.

Specifically are the "AI Game Programming Wisdom" books, the new revisions of the same thing? or they complement each other?

Re: The Game AI Programmer's Bookshelf

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Post by hoggle » Sun, Jan 04, 2015, 10:11 PM UTC

Thanks for sharing - perfect timing as I just had the best gaming weekend for a very long time and to a big part that's due to the fabulous AI in Alien: Isolation (it won the aigamedev community award for best NPC 2014 http://aigamedev.com/open/editorial/2014-awards/?utm_source=... ).

Re: The Game AI Programmer's Bookshelf

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Post by Joona » Sun, Jan 04, 2015, 10:47 PM UTC

A few days ago I read an article about Overmind (Starcraft: BW AI), and it got me interested in how AI is built, but I can't learn from books. Are there any blogs or such that teach this kind of stuff?

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2011/01/skynet-meets-the-swarm...

Re: The Game AI Programmer's Bookshelf

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Post by kaybe » Sun, Jan 04, 2015, 10:58 PM UTC

Joona wrote: post #6

A few days ago I read an article about Overmind (Starcraft: BW AI), and it got me interested in how AI is built, but I can't learn from books. Are there any blogs or such that teach this kind of stuff? http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2011/01/skynet-meets-the-swarm...

Here's a udacity course: https://www.udacity.com/course/cs271

It looks like it's the same material as the original AI class from 2012 (which started the online course hype). I took that course back then, and found it to give a good introduction.

Re: The Game AI Programmer's Bookshelf

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Post by vegedor » Sun, Jan 04, 2015, 11:30 PM UTC

was hoping for freebies, was disappointed

Re: The Game AI Programmer's Bookshelf

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Post by marak830 » Sun, Jan 04, 2015, 11:37 PM UTC

Excellent timing for me. I was needing resources for this soon. Thanks, as alimoeeny said, any one with experience with these books would be appreciated :-)

Re: The Game AI Programmer's Bookshelf

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Post by maaaats » Sun, Jan 04, 2015, 11:43 PM UTC

alimoeeny wrote: post #4

If you have personal experience, read, any of the books, I (and I imagine other HNers) appreciate your comments on the books. Specifically are the "AI Game Programming Wisdom" books, the new revisions of the same thing? or they complement each other?

"Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach" by Russel&Norvig is one of the most used course books in AI. It covers basics of formal logic, search, making decisions, handling uncertainty etc. All at an introduction level, though, so for someone with many years of programming experience many of these things may be known already. As my adviser says: Once AI discovers something interesting, it becomes labeled something else or become a part of "standard computer science". I can recommended the book for an overview of the field and knowledge of the basic techniques, but not as something to read when game AI is the goal.