Learning game AI programming with Lua
Leverage the power of Lua programming to create game AI that focuses on motion, animation, and tactics
Published on 13. January 2025
352 pages
978-1-78328-134-3 (ISBN)
Description
Key Features
Book DescriptionIf you are a game developer or a general programmer who wishes to focus on programming systems and techniques to build your game AI without creating low-level interfaces in a game engine, then this book is for you. Knowledge of C++ will come in handy to debug the entirety of the AI sandbox and expand on the features present within the book, but it is not required.What you will learn
Create an animation state machine to drive AI animations within Lua
Build and find paths on navigation meshes
Write and debug Lua scripts within a fullscale Lua IDE
Develop decision logic with behavior trees, state machines, and decision trees to build modular, reusable AI
Manage short and longterm knowledge representation with blackboard data structures
Add sensory perception to give AIs the ability to see and hear
Develop highlevel tactics with multiple AIs based on influence maps
Who this book is for
Book DescriptionIf you are a game developer or a general programmer who wishes to focus on programming systems and techniques to build your game AI without creating low-level interfaces in a game engine, then this book is for you. Knowledge of C++ will come in handy to debug the entirety of the AI sandbox and expand on the features present within the book, but it is not required.What you will learn
Create an animation state machine to drive AI animations within Lua
Build and find paths on navigation meshes
Write and debug Lua scripts within a fullscale Lua IDE
Develop decision logic with behavior trees, state machines, and decision trees to build modular, reusable AI
Manage short and longterm knowledge representation with blackboard data structures
Add sensory perception to give AIs the ability to see and hear
Develop highlevel tactics with multiple AIs based on influence maps
Who this book is for
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Edition
Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
Birmingham
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Edition type
Digital original
File size
9,21 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-78328-134-3 (9781783281343)
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David Young
Learning Game AI Programming with Lua
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11/2014
Packt Publishing
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David Young's first experience in documenting the open source world was the official 2003 manual for JAJC, a popular jabber client, which he authored in XML using Docbook.
He followed this with the development of "Bandersnatch", the whimsically named Jabber message logger, which remains the de facto open source platform for recording and archiving messages on a Jabber server.
After founding and successfully running an open source consulting company ("Funky Penguin") for several years, David "retired" to full-time employment.
David now works for a respected New Zealand IT consulting firm (Prophecy Networks Ltd) and pursues the odd "Funky Penguin" project in his spare time.
David's projects, notes, and ramblings can be found at:
http://www.funkypenguin.co.nz.
He followed this with the development of "Bandersnatch", the whimsically named Jabber message logger, which remains the de facto open source platform for recording and archiving messages on a Jabber server.
After founding and successfully running an open source consulting company ("Funky Penguin") for several years, David "retired" to full-time employment.
David now works for a respected New Zealand IT consulting firm (Prophecy Networks Ltd) and pursues the odd "Funky Penguin" project in his spare time.
David's projects, notes, and ramblings can be found at:
http://www.funkypenguin.co.nz.
Content
Table of Contents
Getting started with AI Sandbox
Agent Movement
Character Animation
Brain Body Control
Navigating Environments
Decision Making
Knowledge Representation
Sensory Perception
Tactics
Getting started with AI Sandbox
Agent Movement
Character Animation
Brain Body Control
Navigating Environments
Decision Making
Knowledge Representation
Sensory Perception
Tactics
