Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) is the study of systems being able to perform human tasks and automation without the requirement of human involvement. In games, this concept is widely used in order to create a real behavior for game enemies. Let's understand the basic concept of A.I. in this chapter. This part of the chapter is going to be theory only so feel free to skip this part if you just want to focus on getting your game ready. However, it is highly recommended to go through this part because if you want to create A.I. in your game then the concepts from this part will come in handy.

History of Artificial Intelligence

In games, A.I. is used to create intelligent behaviors to objects that the user cannot control. This can be anything ranging from a dragon you see on the screen or simply a character that keeps following you. To put it simply, it is something that provides the means for a seemingly inanimate object to possess human-like intelligence. On a technical...