AI and Games

Game AI Developer & Consultant
GDC AI Summit Advisor
BAFTA Connect 2022
Former Comp Sci & Game Dev Lecturer
He/Him

New episodes of AI and Games every month on YouTube
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Last Notes

2024-11-27 10:07:58 GMT

In this weeks bumper issue of the AI and Games Newsletter, I share my thoughts from playing the alpha demo of 'AI People' - a game by GoodAI that uses Large Language Models to build interactive non-player characters much like 'The Sims'.
Plus updates on the Goal State Kickstarter, GOTY 2024, plus AI in gaming news too!
https://www.aiandgames.com/p/early-impressions-of-the-ai-people
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2024-11-22 15:33:32 GMT

We're now halfway to our first stretch goal for Goal State: a stack of video tutorials on implementing Game AI in the Unity engine.
After that, our next stretch goal is a deep dive analysis of the DOOM source code and how the AI systems within it actually work. Plus Unreal tutorials in the not too distant future as well!
Check out the Kickstarter at: http//bit.ly/GoalState
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2024-11-21 14:01:36 GMT

Goal State, the online course series from AI and Games is live on Kickstarter.
- We raised £25K in 3 days for our 1st lecture series 'Game AI 101'.
- Now funding stretch goals that add tutorials in different game engines.
- Plus additional bonus content & even extra courses!
On the push right now to hit our stretch goal targets, let's go!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/aiandgames/goalstate
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2024-11-15 15:10:03 GMT

Goal State, the online course series from AI and Games is now live on Kickstarter. -
30 days to raise £25K for our initial lecture series 'Game AI 101'.
- Stretch goals covering a variety of practical tasks and homework assignments
- Distant stretch goals for a 2nd course: 'ML for Games 101'
- Standard and premium tiers for supporters with bonus content.
Let's go!
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/aiandgames/goalstate
#crowdfunding #kickstarter #gamedev #gamedevelopment #gaming #AI #ML #gameAI #AIandGames
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2024-11-14 11:31:43 GMT

IT ALL KICKS OFF TOMORROW!
#GoalState is finally happening!
Accessible, practical, relevant material on AI for game development.
The anxiety is high and I'm pushing through!
All we need is 200 awesome people to back the course and and it's funded.
Do you know 200 awesome people? I think I do...
http://bit.ly/GoalState
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2024-11-05 12:40:08 GMT

NEW VIDEO!
I chat once again with Jeff Orkin, the AI programmer on FEAR, about his career after the release of the game. How it led him to grad school, building a game where AI behaviour was crowdsourced, and his new start-up BitPart AI.
Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/4ExkkUV7GOY
Read on Substack:
https://www.aiandgames.com/p/crowdsourcing-intelligence-in-the
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2024-10-30 11:15:04 GMT

The November issue of the Sponsor Newsletter goes live early today, as next week I'll be knee deep in organising the conference.
Plus we have an open call for your #GOTY 2024 submissions that could appear in our final newsletters in December.
https://www.aiandgames.com/p/november-2024-sponsor-newsletter
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2024-10-23 10:58:34 GMT

I'm pleased to announce the Kickstarter campaign for my online course series 'Goal State' goes live on November 15th.
Check out this weeks newsletter for all the details: the content, the budget, the funding goals, the stretch goals and more! Let's go!
https://www.aiandgames.com/p/goal-state-launches-on-kickstarter
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2024-09-23 15:19:13 GMT

What with all the excitement surrounding the AI and Games Conference, news on the upcoming Kickstarter for my online course series 'Goal State' has been a little quiet.
Today I published a breakdown of the syllabus of the 1st proposed course: Game AI 101, plus future courses I have planned.
https://www.aiandgames.com/p/goal-states-1st-course-game-ai-101
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2024-09-02 12:12:27 GMT

In my latest (sponsored) episode, I sit down with developers from Transitional Forms to talk about 'Little Learning Machines' - a puzzle game where you train AI NPCs called 'Animos' to solve them for you! Just in time for its big (free) content update coming to Steam on September 5th
YouTube: https://youtu.be/keCc1QB7Fvk
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2024-08-28 10:51:55 GMT

In the latest edition of the AI and Games newsletter, I dig into the archives to re-release several case studies looking at player modelling: a process of analysing data produced by players, and what you can do with that data.
https://www.aiandgames.com/p/how-ai-is-used-to-model-players-ai
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2024-08-14 10:03:05 GMT

Announcing the first ever AI and Games Conference 2024.
Bringing together the leading experts in AI for the video games industry.
- November 8th 2024, hosted at Goldsmiths, University of London
- Two tracks of talks on AI for gameplay, and production.
- First wave of talks announced from Sony AI, EA, Hawkswell, Oxide Games and more.
Early bird tickets on sale now at:
http://aiandgamesconference.com
Find out more on the AI and Games Substack:
https://www.aiandgames.com/p/introducing-the-ai-and-games-conference
#AIandGamesConf24
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