• Title: Game AI Pro: Collected Wisdom of Game AI Professionals
• Author(s) Steven Rabin
• Publisher: A K Peters/CRC Press; 1st edition (June 22, 2017); eBook (Online Edition, 2021)
• Hardcover/Paperback: 514 pages
• eBook: PDF Files
• Language: English
• ISBN-10/ASIN: 1498742580
• ISBN-13: 978-1498742580
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Book Description

This book presents state-of-the-art tips, tricks, and techniques drawn from developers of shipped commercial games as well as some of the best-known academics in the field, acts as a toolbox of proven techniques coupled with the newest advances in Game AI.

• Steven Rabin is a principal software engineer at Nintendo Technology Development and has been a key figure in the game AI community for nearly 20 years.

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• Computer and Video Game Programming
• Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• Gaming, Gameplay, and Gamers
• Computer Graphics and Digital Images

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