Game AI Unleashed: From Finite State Machines to Machine Learning
Chronicles ai's evolution in gaming, from simple state machines to advanced machine learning, enhancing gameplay and immersion. See latest price on Amazon.
Quick facts
Topic: Gaming
Tags: Gaming, Artificial Intelligence, AI Trends
Length: 344 pages
Best for: Readers who want practical, plain-English AI insights with real-world examples.
Because AI in gaming affects game design, player experience, monetisation, and fairness. Getting the basics right matters long before anyone wheels in the hype machine.
What you’ll learn
Where AI is already being used in gaming today — and where the claims are running ahead of reality.
The workflows, systems, and trade-offs behind practical gaming use cases, explained in plain English.
Key themes including gaming, artificial intelligence, ai trends.
The limits, risks, and awkward questions worth asking before you sign off on the sales pitch.
Who this book is for
Game developers, interactive media professionals, and AI researchers interested in the evolution of machine intelligence in game design.
What this book covers
Chronicles AI's evolution in gaming, from simple state machines to advanced machine learning, enhancing gameplay and immersion.
What makes this book distinct
This book traces a remarkable arc: from the simple rule-based enemies of 1980s arcade games to AI systems that now defeat world champions at chess, Go, and StarCraft. But it also asks a more interesting question — what game AI reveals about AI in general, and why games have always been the proving ground for techniques that later appear everywhere else.
Not your book? While the subject is games, this book isn't just for gamers. Anyone interested in the history and mechanics of AI development will find game environments a uniquely clear window into how these systems work.
Jonathan HarrisArtificial Intelligence Author & Host of Turing's Torch AI Weekly
Longer-form context from the retired overview page, now folded into the canonical book route.
Problem framing: where this topic gets messy
Game AI sounds fun until it starts driving design, balance, difficulty, and player experience decisions. Then the question becomes one of craft, control, and system design. Chronicles AI's evolution in gaming, from simple state machines to advanced machine learning, enhancing gameplay and immersion. Pages: 344. Because AI in gaming affects game design, player experience, monetisation, and fairness. Getting the basics right matters long before anyone wheels in the hype machine.
Practical outcomes
In practical terms, the aim is simple: you should get a practical handle on both classic and modern approaches to game AI, and what they mean for developers and players. That means clearer judgement, fewer lazy assumptions, and a much better sense of where to press further or walk away.
Identify where ai is already being used in gaming today — and where the claims are running ahead of reality.
Work through the workflows, systems, and trade-offs behind practical gaming use cases, explained in plain english.
Work through key themes including gaming, artificial intelligence, ai trends.
Work through the limits, risks, and awkward questions worth asking before you sign off on the sales pitch.
Chapter-level signals
Not a chapter list carved in stone, but the sort of material readers can reasonably expect to work through.
Where AI is already being used
Where AI is already being used in gaming today — and where the claims are running ahead of reality.
The workflows, systems, and trade-offs behind
The workflows, systems, and trade-offs behind practical gaming use cases, explained in plain English.
Key themes including gaming, artificial intelligence,
Key themes including gaming, artificial intelligence, ai trends.
The limits, risks, and awkward questions
The limits, risks, and awkward questions worth asking before you sign off on the sales pitch.
What makes this title distinct
This book traces a remarkable arc: from the simple rule-based enemies of 1980s arcade games to AI systems that now defeat world champions at chess, Go, and StarCraft. But it also asks a more interesting question — what game AI reveals about AI in general, and why games have always been the proving ground for techniques that later appear everywhere else. Not your book? While the subject is games, this book isn't just for gamers. Anyone interested in the history and mechanics of AI development will find game environments a uniquely clear window into how these systems work.
