Game AI Pro 360: Guide to Architecture

Steve Rabin has 15 years at Nintendo of America, 4 years at various game developer start-ups, and 7 years of college teaching experience. He has been the invited keynote speaker at several academic AI conferences, founder and summit advisor for the AI Summit at GDC, GDC speaker, and founder/manager of the AI Game Programmers Guild.

• About the EditorAbout the ContributorsIntroduction1 Behavior Selection Algorithms: An OverviewMichael Dawe, Steve Gargolinski, Luke Dicken, Troy Humphreys, and Dave Mark2 Structural Architecture—Common Tricks of the TradeKevin Dill3 The Behavior Tree Starter KitAlex J. Champandard and Philip Dunstan4 Real-World Behavior Trees in ScriptMichael Dawe5 Simulating Behavior Trees: A Behavior Tree/Planner Hybrid ApproachDaniel Hilburn6 An Introduction to Utility TheoryDavid “Rez” Graham7 Building Utility Decisions into Your Existing Behavior TreeBill Merrill8 Reactivity and Deliberation in Decision-Making SystemsCarle Côté9 Exploring HTN Planners through Example 103Troy Humphreys10 Hierarchical Plan-Space Planning for Multi-unit Combat ManeuversWilliam van der Sterren11 Phenomenal AI Level-of-Detail Control with the LOD TraderBen Sunshine-Hill12 Runtime Compiled C++ for Rapid AI DevelopmentDoug Binks, Matthew Jack, and Will Wilson13 Plumbing the Forbidden Depths: Scripting and AIMike Lewis14 Possibility Maps for Opportunistic AI and Believable WorldsJohn Manslow15 Production Rules Implementation in 1849Robert Zubek16 Production Systems: New Techniques in AAA GamesAndrea Schiel17 Building a Risk-Free Environment to Enhance Prototyping: Hinted-Execution Behavior TreesSergio Ocio Barriales18 Smart Zones to Create the Ambience of LifeEtienne de Sevin, Caroline Chopinaud, and Clodéric Mars19 Separation of Concerns Architecture for AI and AnimationBobby Anguelov20 Optimizing Practical Planning for Game AIEric Jacopin21 Modular AIKevin Dill and Christopher Dragert22 Overcoming Pitfalls in Behavior Tree DesignAnthony Francis23 From Behavior to Animation: A Reactive AI Architecture for Networked First-Person Shooter GamesSumeet Jakatdar24 A Character Decision-Making System for FINAL FANTASY XV by Combining Behavior Trees and State MachinesYouichiro Miyake, Youji Shirakami, Kazuya Shimokawa, Kousuke Namiki, Tomoki Komatsu, Joudan Tatsuhiro, Prasert Prasertvithyakarn, and Takanori Yokoyama25 A Reusable, Light-Weight Finite-State MachineDavid “Rez” Graham26 Choosing Effective Utility-Based ConsiderationsMike Lewis27 Combining Scripted Behavior with Game Tree Search for Stronger, More Robust Game AINicolas A. Barriga, Marius Stanescu, and Michael Buro