Learning game AI programming with Lua

Key Features

Book Description

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