Alright, Since I am programming my first Pong Clone and Pong has AI, I thought it would be good to go ahead to get started on AI. Now...I am not really interested in AI like robots and stuff like that, but AI like in...games and stuff like that. I don't have AI implented yet, but hopefully I can do it soon as maybe I can get some good ideas from y'all. So where should I start really for "Game" AI? Is it a bad idea that I not learn AI for like automated messages like AIM, Yahoo, or almost any kind of chat room has? Now I don't want to go in the gaming industry as an AI Programmer really, but I want to learn for future games I do make. Ideas, suggestions, and comments all accepted. Chad.

Well, first, I doubt pong is the game to go with if you want to learn game AI.

All you do is predict where the ball will go, maybe add some random to make it easier, and the pad moves straight to this prediction...

>> Is it a bad idea that I not learn AI for like automated messages like AIM, Yahoo, or almost any kind of chat room has?

Humm? What "AI" are you talking about? Some people might have coded chat bots for these, but they aren't common, at least I never IM'd one :P

If you want to learn game AI in general, Mat Buckland's Game AI by Example is a great book to start with. What you should do is write simple games that involve AI, and code them, that's the best way to learn.

Hope this helps

Eric

Thanks very much for the reply. It helped me out a lot.





I understood the basic concept of AI in Pong, but I wasn't sure if it was the correct way or the efficent way to do it. I really didn't want to develop any bad coding habbits.


I will search some stuff up on the book, and see if it fits what I really want.


Thanks,
Chad.