Artificial Intelligence and Games

“Artificial intelligence and games have been inextricably linked since the dawn of the computer era. This book provides a unique and entertaining review of the interplay between them.” (Murray Campbell, co-creator of Deep Blue)“Finally with this book by two of the world’s most accomplished experts at the intersection of games and AI, students can benefit from a comprehensive introduction that reaches well beyond the narrow scope of tradi­tional NPC AI … all this knowledge in a single textbook is truly a milestone for the practice of AI in games and will help to encourage innovation in the area from a new generation of practitioners.” (Kenneth O. Stanley, University of Central Florida and Uber AI Labs)

“This book provides a thorough overview of AI techniques and their applications in games … [it] would be a great choice for a game AI class.” (Michael Mateas, University of California, Santa Cruz, co-creator of Façade)

“Game AI is a vast field of research spanning from locomotion and action planning, to interactive narrative, procedural content generation, computational creativity, and beyond. It’s important to finally have an aca­demic textbook that collects current thinking on all of these topics in one place, drawing connections be­tween them … [the authors] have the intimate familiarity with the field required to weave these disparate topics into a coherent whole.” (Jeff Orkin, inventor of Goal-Oriented Action Planning, AI lead of F.E.A.R.)

“This book makes an enormous contribution to this captivating, vibrant area of study … The service to the community will be felt for many years to come: the book provides an easier and more comprehensive entry point for newcomers to the field than previously available, whilst also providing an indispensable reference for existing AI and Games researchers wishing to learn about topics outside their direct field of interest.” (Simon Lucas, University of London; founding Editor of the IEEE Trans. on Computational Intelligence and AI in Games)