The first developer discussion of the new year on AiGameDev.com is a fantastic opportunity to discuss trends for the upcoming twelve months. What do you think will be hot, or not?

Screenshot 1: Trends in artificial intelligence and game development.

In particular,

• Scripting Languages — Will discontent with Lua spread or will its adoption continue to grow? Do you foresee any competitors?

• Middleware — Do you foresee any major shifts in the middleware business? What are you looking forward to the most?

• Technology — Is there any particular AI technique that you think will make it big in 2008? If not, why not?

• Game Innovations — What games do you think will influence the field of game AI the most?

Let everyone know what you think; post a comment below!