Weekly Game AI Roundup

Every Saturday on AiGameDev.com is dedicated to rounding up the best links of the week relating to game AI.

In particular, you’ll find the most interesting posts in the following categories:

• Official announcements from middleware providers and game studios.

• Blog posts from other game developers discussing their experiences.

• News articles from traditional online newspapers.

• The best discussions on forums or mailing lists.

If you’d like to submit a link, send it in and it’ll be included in next Saturday’s post.

Weekends at AiGameDev.com are dedicated to rounding up smart links from the web relating to artificial intelligence and game development. There are even more jobs this week, blog posts and some great papers. Also don’t forget the Twitter account for random thoughts!
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Weekends at AiGameDev.com are dedicated to rounding up smart links from the web relating to artificial intelligence and game development. This week you’ll find some insightful articles, an audio presentation, a demo video, and a bunch of mini-tutorials — not forgetting random thoughts from Twitter.
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Weekends at AiGameDev.com are dedicated to rounding up smart links from the web. This week you’ll find a few great blog posts, articles, another Google Talk, and a new white paper. Remember, there’s also lots of great content to be found in the forums here! (All you have to do is introduce yourself.)
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Weekends at AiGameDev.com are dedicated to rounding up smart links from the web. This week there are a bunch of great blog posts, Flash demos and videos of Google Talk lectures.
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After a quiet week last week, there’s been an avalanche of news and great content in the world of game AI. In this roundup of smart links on AiGameDev.com, you’ll find book reviews and tips about machine learning, white papers about pathfinding and insights into a few games.
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This holiday week has been rather quiet on the game AI front, but here at AiGameDev.com we’ve managed to dig up a bunch of fascinating Smart Links from around the web, including mainstream news articles and developer blog posts relating to artificial intelligence in games.
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This easter weekend at AiGameDev.com, we’ve rounded up many Smart Links from around the web, including reviews and their analysis, useful white papers, and news tidbits to keep you informed about anything relating to artificial intelligence in games.
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This weekend at AiGameDev.com, we’ve rounded up many Smart Links from around the web, including reviews and their analysis, up-and-coming research, and news tidbits to keep you informed about anything relating to artificial intelligence in games.
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Saturdays at AiGameDev.com are dedicated to rounding up Smart Links from around the web. Now the GDC is out of the way, the news has settled back into its regular flow of interesting little nuggets…
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Saturdays at AiGameDev.com are dedicated to rounding up Smart Links from around the web. This week, there are many reports and summaries of the AI sessions at GDC 2008, including some interesting interviews.
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Saturdays at AiGameDev.com are dedicated to rounding up Smart Links from around the web. There’s been lots of news this week due to GDC, including some interesting announcements in San Francisco!
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This week is a rather quiet on the game AI front in the build-up to GDC in San Francisco. However, by digging a little deeper we’ve found a bunch of smart links for you. This roundup is brought to you by Alex Champandard and Novack. If you have any news or tips […]

In the build up to GDC 2008, there are quite a few smart links relating to industry news. This roundup is brought to you by Mark Wisecarver and Alex Champandard. If you have any news or tips for next week, be sure to email them in to: editors at AiGameDev.com.
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Another weekly roundup of fascinating Smart Links from the web, including interviews and behind the scene videos, is brought to you by Mark Wisecarver and Alex Champandard. If you have any news or tips for next week, be sure to email them in to editors at AiGameDev.com.
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This Saturday at AiGameDev.com, there are quite a few insightful Smart Links from the blogosphere, in particular about upcoming games. Be sure to contact me if you have any news or tips for next week.
Remember there’s a mini-blog over at news.AiGameDev.com (RSS) with game AI news from the web as it happens.

Saturdays at AiGameDev.com are dedicated to rounding up Smart Links from around the web. This week isn’t as busy as last week, but there were some great annoucements! Be sure to contact me if you have any news or tips for next week.
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2008 is really getting into the swing now; there’s a torrent of Smart Links for you this week, as well as a few jobs. Be sure to contact me if you have any news or tips for next week!
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On this first Saturday of the new year, there are some really good Smart Links for you, including some multi-media entertainment. Be sure to contact me if you have any news or tips for next week!
Remember there’s a mini-blog over at news.AiGameDev.com (RSS) with game AI news from the web as it happens.

This is the last batch of Smart Links for 2007 about game development and artificial intelligence. I hope you enjoy the new year celebrations! Also, feel free to email me if you have any news or tips for next week.
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Wishing you all the best for the festive season! This Saturday, things are already winding down to Christmas, so there are only a few Smart Links about game development and artificial intelligence! Feel free to contact me if you have any news or tips for next week.
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This Saturday in the build-up to the festive shopping season, there’s an avalanche of interesting Smart Links about game development and artificial intelligence! Feel free to contact me if you have any news or tips for next week.
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This Saturday, there are ten interesting Smart Links for you about game development and artificial intelligence! Feel free to contact me if you have any news or tips for next week.
Remember there’s a mini-blog (RSS) which gets updated with game AI news from the web as it happens!

There aren’t too many Smart Links for you this Saturday, but things should pick up next week with GDC Lyon! Feel free to contact me if you have any news or tips for next week.
Remember there’s a mini-blog over at news.AiGameDev.com (RSS) with game AI news from the web as it happens…

This Saturday, there are quite a few fun Smart Links, and a couple of jobs going in game development and artificial intelligence! Feel free to contact me if you have any news or tips for next week.
Remember there’s a mini-blog over at news.AiGameDev.com (RSS) with game AI news from the web as it […]

Today is just one of those days I’d rather forget… Hmph. If you have a few seconds to spare and a StumbleUpon account, could you post a short review of AiGameDev.com? It’d certainly help put the spring back in my step. Thanks!
Anyway, this Saturday, there are quite a few interesting Smart Links […]

This Saturday, there are five interesting Smart Links for you about game development and artificial intelligence! Feel free to contact me if you have any news or tips for next week.
Remember there’s a mini-blog over at news.AiGameDev.com (RSS) with game AI news from the web as it happens!

The Smart Links for this week are divided into five big discussion topics, ranging chatbots to raycasting optimizations and level design discussion. Of course, you’re welcome to email me if you have any news or tips relating to game development and artificial intelligence!
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This Saturday, there are lots of interesting Smart Links for you about game development and artificial intelligence! Also, a few job opportunities have opened up for those who are interested. Feel free to contact me if you have any news or tips for next week!
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Saturday on AiGameDev.com is dedicated to Smart Links from around the web! There are only four interesting game AI links for you this week, but two videos. Feel free to contact me (scroll down for the email) with any news that I might have missed!
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There are 9 more Smart Links from the blogosphere this Saturday. Visit the tumbleblog at news.AiGameDev.com (or subscribe by RSS) for updates on game AI as they happen throughout the week.

Saturday’s here so it’s time for some Smart Links from around the web! There are 9 interesting game AI links for you this week. Thanks everyone for your submissions. Also note the new splash screens for this category :-)

Also, I’ve put up a little Tumbleblog over at news.AiGameDev.com, which features all […]

This Saturday, there are many Smart Links for you to browse. If you have news or announcements, be sure to send them in.

Like every Saturday, it’s time for a fresh batch of Smart Links from around the web. There are some great one this week. And, as always, if you have news or announcements, be sure to send them in.
Solving Games by Graph Search
Mark C. Chu-Carroll over at Good Math, Bad Math shows how […]

It’s Saturday so it must be time to round up the smart links from the web! If you have any news or announcements about game AI, send them in.
Axiom, a Forth Based Universal Game Programming System
Greg Schmidt recently released an extensible library for programming abstract strategy games and puzzles. It’s implemented in […]

Here are some recent links from around the web, relating to artificial intelligence in computer games. If you have any other tips, feel free to post them in the comments or submit them here!
PS3 Is Worse for AI
Don Dini picked up on an interview with Ubisoft developers who claim that the XBox360 is […]

Nick Montfort of Grand Text Auto has just posted his dissertation online. It’s entitled “Generating Narrative Variation in Interactive Fiction”, and you can download it here (PDF, 3.9 Mb).

Figure: One module of the IF system.

It’s particularly interesting for game AI since the system uses Natural Language Generation. Here’s part of the abstract:

The […]

Gamasutra has an interesting article on Designing AI Algorithms for Turn-Based Strategy Games by Ed Welch. Ed works for Enne Entertainment, the Spanish company behind Multiverse.
The article is more about a specific algorithm used in a space colonization simulation, rather than designing algorithms in general — but very interesting to read nonetheless.
At its […]