Any Good AI Documentation?

[NeoFLoyd]

Hello, I've come far in Love2D/Lua since I began and have always thought AI to be a really complex thing to add to a game. I've tried searching AI & Artificial Intelligence on the wiki and nothing comes up, searching the forum for AI yields an error theat my criteria hasn't enough characters, and searching the forum for "artificial intelligence" just gives me results that people have posted involving chanegs to their game.

So does anyone have links to decent documentation of how to add AI/different types of AI to a game?

[MarekkPie]

There is no "Watson" AI or "DeepBlue" AI that you plug into your code and it solves problems. AI is just what you tell the code to do in a situation. For example,

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-- player types "yes"

-- AI
if string == "yes" then print("No") end

The computer made an intelligent decision based on the information it was given. It sits there until the player types yes, at which point it replied no. It responded to its only stimulus, the variable 'string,' and reacted to it. That is AI.

Another example:

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if playerExists == true then
  enemy.fire(player.x, player.y)
end

The computer checked whether the player existed, and if so, it decided to fire at its coordinates. That is AI.

[kikito]

http://aigamedev.com/ is very good, but not all of its content is free (they have a subscription model)

http://www.gamedev.net/forum/9-artificial-intelligence/ is a forum section dedicated to AI in general

You can also ask specific questions in http://gamedev.stackexchange.com . Or you can browse all the questions tagged as "ai" like this: http://gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/ai

[ivan]

As MarekkPie mentioned, AI is a very broad topic.
It also depends on the type of game you are trying to make.
Finite State Machines (FSM) is one way to go.
Personally I recommend behavior trees (1, 2) which work very nicely for most action games.
Regardless which AI technique you choose, you'll have to learn HOW it works.
Understanding how FSMs or behavior trees are APPLIED to solve problems is harder and takes practice.

[NeoFLoyd]

Thanks to everyone who posted, I'll begin reading all the links you've supplied me later today. I can grasp how to use AI like MarekkPie showed an example of, I just need to know where to start.

[Kadoba]

If you don't mind putting down a little money then Programming Game AI by Example is an excellent book and easy to read.

[MarekkPie]

That book looks interesting. And I have $50 in Amazon Gift Cards...hrmm...