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I can safely say that manually coding the behavior of an AI is a wonderful exercise to perform once so you can understand just how frustrating it can be to get exactly what you want out of a game element. After that, you’re going to want the process a little more streamlined.
Enter RAIN{indie} AI Engine. This free Unit asset made available by the studio Rival{Theory} is robust yet incredibly streamlined approach to creating AI behavior in a game. As listed on its site here, its features include:
Here is the first of many videos that Rival{Theory} has released to help familiarize people with the RAIN{indie} platform.
The next time I find myself creating characters that will require a certain behavior, I will definitely be implementing this engine as a launching point.
We started working on the mechanics for a 3D mobile game over the last week or so. Currently working on it are myself, RJay Haluko, Luis Herrera, and Ryan Bailey. All we can say so far is that involves an egg :) More to be added as things progress…
We have been using Unity3d as the game engine. Unity is one of the gold standards of new platforms that is used to create engaging 3d content. That content can be exported to multiple devices (web, mobile, game console) in one click. So far we have tackled a few challenges, such as:
This was a blast from the past. Just found out about this
from joystiq.com. Sarien.net has a bunch of
Sierra adventure games that are playable on the iPad. You can play
Space Quest, King’s Quest, and Leisure Suit Larry. These kids don’t
know how good they have it with their Wii’s and PS3s on hi-def
TVs.
I’ve been waiting for Nobuo Uematsu to come back to the United States so I can see him in concert. Yea, nerd alert! I found 1 show in 2011 at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. As I was in the purchase funnel and trying to figure out were I’d be sitting and what the stage would look like, I found their 3D seating selector.
1. I pick from the area where I would like to sit based on the view of the stage vs. the amount of money I’d like to pay
2. I pick the specific seat that I’d like to sit in while having a true understanding of what my view of the stage would be
Great job Chicago Symphony Orchestra!
Love that they have all the user’s in their regular work clothes, plus one guy takes a call while playing the game. Just plain clever! Like it says, there’s a soldier in all of us! Even Kobe Bryant and Jimmy Kimmel get into the game :)
Just stumbled across this thing through a friend’s link the other day, and I can’t wait to start playing around with it..It is from a company called Emotiv, and is:
“a high resolution, neuro-signal acquisition and processing wireless neuroheadset. It uses a set of sensors to tune into electric signals produced by the brain to detect player thoughts, feelings and expressions and connects wirelessly to most PCs.” (from here).
Emotiv Brain Computer Interface Technology
There are even Tetris-like games that you can play with this device, like Cortex Arcade (shown below) and Spirit Mountain Demo Game.
Cortex Arcade
It seems like it seem to work for some people better than others. There is a YouTube video (shown below) that shows someone unpacking it from the box and trying it out with the supplied demo software. Their results are a bit fuzzy as to how well it works for them, however.
Maybe the console-makers will incorporate this into their next-gen systems? It seems that Nintendo might already be planning to go down this route..Other companies, such as Canadian Interaxon are actively working to integrate thought-controlled computing into real-world scenarios, like recently at the Vancouver Winter Olympics where visitors were able to use their brainwaves to control live lightshows.
Couldn’t believe when Derrick told me about this, and can’t wait!!!! Hey Shawn, quick game of escort, 1 on 1???
It truly speaks for itself and has stood the test of time!!! Enjoy.
Here are some old commercials of your favorite game systems from the not-so-distant past. Some of these are funny and other are just out there. But all were staples of their time.
1978 Atari Commercial
Colecovison Commercial
Atari 7800 Commercial – The Choice of the Experts
Turbo Grafix 16 Video Game Commercial
Nintendo Game System – Now Your Playing with Power!!!
Genesis – Genesis Does What What Nintendo Doesn’t
Super Nintendo
NEO GEO
Nintendo Gamecube
Playstation 1
Atari Jaguar
Panasonic Real 3DO
Sega CD
N64 – Get N or Get Out
Playstation 2
Philips CD-I
Sega Saturn
Sega Dreamcast – It’s thinking
Hope you enjoyed!!!
