List of Notable Projects, Lectures, and Papers

Organization

• President and Lead Designer, Intrinsic Algorithm LLC
• Co-Founder of the AI Game Programmers Guild
• Co-Advisor and host of the GDC AI Summit
• Co-Founder of the Omaha Game Developers Assoc.

Recent high-profile clients/projects include:

• AI Architect with AAA studio (project suspended)
• Combat (individual, tactical, strategic) for bots in existing multi-player FPS game
• Senior AI Programmer/Designer with Pixelmage Games on Hero’s Song
• Combat (individual, tactical, strategic)
• Ambient behaviors including dynamic social interaction
• Procedural dialog system
• Designed architecture to support procedural quest/content generation.
• Lead AI Architect with ArenaNet on the upcoming expansion to Guild Wars 2, Heart of Thorns
• Combat (individual, tactical, strategic, ecological)
• Ambient behaviors including dynamic social interaction
• Designed architecture to support procedural quest/content generation.
• Lead AI Architect with the Storybricks team for Sony Online Entertainment on EverQuest Next
• Combat (individual, tactical)
• Ambient behaviors
• Prototypes of procedural narrative AI
• Consulted with EA Tiburon on AI improvements to the Madden series.

Additionally, I have worked for a number of smaller, independent game studios and done consulting on mathematical and behavior modeling for non-game companies.

The following lists published works that I have either written solo or contributed to as part of a compilation book.

• Behavioral Mathematics for Game AI

• “Multi-Axial, Dynamic Threshold Fuzzy Decision Algorithm” – in AI Game Programming Wisdom 4
• “Embracing Chaos Theory: Generating Apparent Unpredictability through Purely Deterministic Systems” – in Game Programming Gems 8
• “Behavior Selection Algorithms: An Overview” (co-author) – in Game AI Pro
• “Modular Tactical Influence Maps” – in Game AI Pro 2
• (5 sections) – 100 Principles of Game Design
  

The following are major lectures I have presented and industry conferences. Note: In the lectures listed, my scores were well above the conference average and, in some cases, were rated as one of the top sessions.

“Spatial Knowledge Representation through Modular Scalable Influence Maps” (Feature Lecture)
“AI Wish List: What Do Designers Want out of AI?” (panel moderator)
"Turing Tantrums: AI Devs Rant!" (short presentation)
"Simplest Trick in the AI Book" (short presentation)

“Behavior is Brittle: Testing Game AI” (panel moderator)
"Turing Tantrums: AI Devs Rant!" (short presentation)

“AI Pre-Mortem: How to Approach your AI Problems” (panel moderator)
"Turing Tantrums: AI Devs Rant!" (short presentation)

“Building a Better Centaur: AI at Massive Scale” (Feature Lecture)
"Turing Tantrums: AI Devs Rant!" (short presentation)

"Turing Tantrums: AI Devs Rant!" (short presentation)
"Letting Go: Collaborating with Designers to Embrace AI Behaviors" (panel moderator)

"Simplest Trick in the AI Book" (short presentation)
"Turing Tantrums: AI Devs Rant!" (short presentation)
"Architecture Tricks: Managing Behaviors in Time, Space, and Depth"
"Never Mind Small Steps: What's the Next Big Leap for AI" (panel moderator)

"Embracing the Dark Art of Mathematical Modeling" (Feature Lecture)
"Less A, More I: Using Psychology in Game AI" (Feature Lecture)
"Turing Tantrums: AI Devs Rant!" (short presentation)

"Using Randomness: Both Sides of the Coin" (Feature Lecture)
"Turing Tantrums: AI Devs Rant!" (short presentation)
"How Experienced Devs Think through Their AI" (panel moderator)

"Improving AI Decision Modelling through Utility Theory" (Feature Lecture)
"AI Developers Rant!" (short presentation)
"Deciding on an AI Architecture: Which Tool for the Job?" (panel)

"Breaking the Cookie Cutter: Modeling Individual Mood, Personality, and Emotion in AI Characters"

“Banishing Player AND Designer Grind with Emergent AI and Procedural Content”

"Psychology vs. Structure: The Power of Numbers in Game Design"

"Rock-Paper-Scissors on Steroids: Leveraging Game Theory in Games"

"Cover Me! Promoting MMO Player Interaction through Advanced AI"

"Psychology vs. Structure: The Power of Numbers in Game Design"

"The Art of Game AI: Sculpting Behaviors with Data, Formulas, and Finesse"

“Building a Better Centaur: AI at Massive Scale”

"Running the Numbers: Improving Character Behavior with Utility-Based AI"
"Subconscious Fishhooks: Leveraging the Players' Own Psychology for Believable Characters"