tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15423479127747766992010-02-03T15:50:07.773-06:00Check out the latest that is going on with Intrinsic Algorithm, our games, and our projects!Dave Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04878858990811096680noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542347912774776699.post-9288568477298536662010-01-29T19:23:00.003-06:002010-01-29T19:28:26.715-06:00

Dave's sessions for the 2010 GDC AI Summit have been posted. In addition to being one of the two Summit Advisors this year (along with Steve Rabin), Dave will be giving a joint lecture with Kevin Dill, participating in a panel, and giving a 5-minute "rant". The session details are below.Improving AI Decision Modeling Through Utility TheorySpeaker: Kevin Dill (Software Engineer, Lockheed Martin),

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Intrinsic Algorithm has entered into a consulting contract with Project Aurora Games to provide AI design and programming services for their debut space-based title.Project Aurora entered into discussions with Intrinsic Algorithm in October of 2009 after their Founder and Creative Director, Mbambu Miller, met Dave Mark at the 2009 GameX Industry Summit in Philadelphia.Intrinsic Algorithm is

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I have returned from the GameX Industry Summit in Philadelphia. It was a small, but interesting event with a number of good speakers. I am looking forward to working with them again in the future.

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The GDC folks have put up the main page for the AI Summit at the 2010 GDC. This year, I am listed as a Summit Advisor alongside Steve Rabin. While I helped out a lot last year, I wasn't listed as an official advisor. That makes for a wonderful honor. I'm so pleased to be working with all the great people in the AI Game Programmers Guild to put this event on.

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I returned from AIIDE over the weekend. You can follow the posts of my observations and session notes on IA on AI with the tag AIIDE 2009.I will be leaving on Thursday for GameX in Philly where I am giving a lecture with Kevin Dill on "The Art of Game AI". That's a fancy way of saying I'm covering things like multi-attribute utility theory, response curves, and weighted randoms.

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As a speaker at GDC Austin, I was invited by Level 3 to sit on their “Red Couch” for a video interview. Because they are an internet backbone provider, their whole take is how connectivity over the net enables “stuff”. I tweaked my spiel accordingly. It’s only about 5 minutes long.

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While I have been rigidly avoiding getting sucked into the vortex that is Facebook, I figured it was time to get onto Twitter. You can follow me as "IADaveMark". I promise not to bombard you with useless messages... for a while, anyway.

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I am going to be making the trek westward to attend AIIDE in October. I was a little in shock with having to pay for my own conference pass what with the fact that I am getting into most of them for free as a speaker lately. Regardless, the lineup of invited speakers is absolutely superb this year and I couldn't afford to pass it up. They seriously went 5 for 5 on people I would love to listen to

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I will be speaking along with Kevin Dill (Rockstar-New England) at the GameX Industry Summit in Philadelphia this October 24-25th. From the GameX site:"GameX Industry Summit is designed by industry professionals for industry professionals. It represents a deep and concerted production between the GameX production team and five IGDA chapters in New York, New Jersey, Boston, Baltimore and

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About a month ago, I was invited to sit down with Adam Templeton of Silicon Prairie News. He wanted to talk to me about Intrinsic Algorithm, my book, the state of game AI, and - more relevant to the purpose of their site - the Omaha Game Developers Association. We had a great chat for about an hour in the library on the campus of the University of Nebraska at Omaha. What resulted was a 20-minute

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A little over a month ago, we announced that Intrinsic Algorithm was expanding its consulting to include other industry veterans. At the time, we also had to play it a little close to the proverbial vest in that the people we were bringing on were still attached to their respective studios. One of those people has now left his full-time job, however, so we are able to make the formal announcement

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This has been in the works for some time, but we are finally announcing a major change in the consulting wing of Intrinsic Algorithm. Until recently, IA consulting consisted only of Dave Mark. About the time of GDC and the AI Summit, however, a number of AI programmers got together and decided that there was serious merit in joining forces to provide a combined service.At this time, IA Consulting

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The information for my lecture, Cover Me! Promoting MMO Player Interaction through Advanced AI, at GDC Austin has been posted.Here's the relevant information:TakeawayThis lecture shows examples of some of the aspects of PvP games that are attractive to players, the AI techniques that can be used to replicate them, and the effect that inclusion of these aspects can have in an MMO environment. The

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I will be speaking at the 2009 Austin GDC, September 15-18. Rather than the broad-based coverage of the GDC, the Austin GDC is more tailored to online games. In that vein, I will be doing a 1-hour lecture entitled "Cover Me!: Promoting MMO Player Interaction through Advanced AI". More details soon.

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I have finally returned from E3 in LA. Mom Nature didn't seem to want me to get out of Denver last night, but I made it back.Thanks to all of you who I met with during the course of the week. As is always the case, there were a few of you whom I didn't get a chance to speak with - such is the way of conferences like these. Please shoot me an email so we can discuss business.I finally did manage

Dave Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04878858990811096680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542347912774776699.post-33419503060595204892009-05-15T08:05:00.002-05:002009-05-15T08:07:17.649-05:00

I will, indeed, be going to E3 this year. I will be speaking with a number of companies regarding AI consulting. If you are going to be (or are based) in town and would like to meet to discuss business, feel free to contact me so we can set something up.

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I've already received my confirmation of free admission to the return of E3. I'm not sure if I'm going to be heading out there or not. Despite the travel being significantly cheaper than going to GDC, I would like to have a little business justification for my trip. I have a couple of potential clients to visit and definitely a few colleagues who will buy me dinner. I will be deciding in the next

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Due to a MySQL database error, the Intrinsic Algorithm message boards generated an error. I briefly thought about killing a lot of time trying to fix it, but then I realized two thing:* First, I haven't been using it much anyway. The same can be said for the people who registered. Mostly, it was people who were interested in seeing the video presentation on Airline Traffic Manager. Those can be

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I lost my email and contacts file in a virus escapade. If I am supposed to have your email address, please tag me so I can re-add you.Thank you.

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Laurie and Dave arrived back from San Francisco early Monday morning. (Gotta love delayed flights... someone should make a game about that!) The week was an adventure for sure. You can read more about the AI portions of it over at IA on AI.There may be a shift in direction (and momentum) for Airline Traffic Manager coming up. We are going to be doing some experimentation with a new approach for

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Dave and Laurie are in San Francisco this week for the Game Developers Conference. One of the major events this week is the AI Summit at which Dave is giving https://www.cmpevents.com/GD09/a.asp?option=C&V=11&SessID=8483 and sitting on a panel. Of course, the debut of Dave's book, "Behavioral Mathematics for Game AI" on the Expo floor will be a nice touch as well.Keep an eye here and on the

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Today I was invited to begin writing as an "Expert Blogger" for Gamasutra, the game industry's #1 news and information source. This is apparently something they have started recently. There are "member blogs" and "expert ones". It seems like anyone can start a member blog on the site, but the "expert" ones are invite only. Anyway, I'm in some good company. Some of the other experts that are

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I should have posted this prior to the event, but with pre-GDC crunch time, I have been more than a bit busy. I was asked to be a guest speaker at a new game development group meeting at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln on March 9th, 2009. The Nebraska Game Development Club is an official university club on campus that just started in February. They have about 30 members right out of the

Dave Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04878858990811096680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542347912774776699.post-3871219348881453472009-02-05T12:55:00.004-06:002009-02-05T13:18:52.790-06:00

Dave Mark's new book, Behavioral Mathematics for Game AI is now submitted and heading to the printer. It will be released in mid-March. You can find the latest information and updates on IA on AI.(And yes, that's why he hasn't been working on Airline Traffic Manager!)

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It's official, folks... Intrinsic Algorithm's Dave Mark is participating at the new AI Summit at the 2009 Game Developers Conference. Read more about it here.

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