Demo: A* tester
A* is a very famous algorithm for games-programmers which efficiently finds routes from one point to another, intelligently avoiding obstacles and looking for the shortest possible path. Using ...more
Game design
Path-finding: For players, for AI, and … part of game design?
Where does this fit in the game? I desperately needed path-finding for two places: Moving AI across the map without them getting stuck the moment a sea or mountain lies in their way Automatically ...more
Design: Movement, travel, and distance
One of the fundamental moment-to-moment gameplay decisions of Civ games is movement. The first game had no pathfinding, and you had to do everything manually. Later games used the increase in CPU ...more
Learning from the most popular Civ4-mods: Fall From Heaven to Master of Mana
Background (skip this if you’ve played Master of Mana) As a child I played to death the early RPGs and MMOs – Ultima series, Diablo series, Everquest/Ultima Online/etc. Years later I was ...more
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