| July 18, 2007 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 10:00 pm |
This month Dr. Ian Davis, CEO and Founder of Mad Doc Software in Andover, MA will be speaking. He will be discussing the relationship between character AI and character design in games. A brief description of what he is going to talk about:
Creating convincing characters in video games is a complicated process involving an unholy combination of design, art, and AI. The fundamental conflict in games of Interactive versus Narrative reaches its boiling point when it comes to interaction with NPC characters who are both story elements and stand-ins for humans. This talk will be a fast paced overview of both the design considerations and the AI needed to support this.
It should be a great talk. The meeting will be at the usual time and place, starting at 7pm at The Skellig in Waltham. (Click on the “About” link on this page to see directions and info about paying for your food and drink.)
July 5th, 2007 at 8:37 am
[…] The July 2007 Boston game developer meeting will be taking place on Wednesday the 18th instead of next week due to E3 (I can’t wait to see what people think of the new one). Dr. Ian Davis of Mad Doc will be speaking at this meeting, and further details will be coming sometime next week. I suggest monitoring the Boston Post Mortem site for updates about where it will be, but I’ll go ahead and assume it’s at the Skellig in Waltham because that is my preferred location. I’ll be there if the wife lets me out of the house! […]
July 5th, 2007 at 4:54 pm
The Skellig in Waltham? Do you have a physical address so I can mapquest it?
It’ll be my 1st time going to a meeting held by bostonpostmortem and I’d like to check it out.
Let me know, thanks!
break @ break.bx@gmail.com
July 6th, 2007 at 4:49 pm
Yes, the Skellig. Click on that About link to your left for full information. Hope to see you there!
July 9th, 2007 at 3:44 pm
thanks. i’ll check it out.
July 17th, 2007 at 9:31 am
[…] The July 2007 Boston game developer meeting will be taking place on Wednesday the 18th (tomorrow) instead of last week due to E3. Dr. Ian Davis of Mad Doc will be speaking at this month’s meeting. He’ll be discussing the relationship between character AI and character design in games. More details can be found at the Boston Post Mortem site. The meeting will be at the Skellig in Waltham at 7:00PM. I’ll be there if the wife lets me out of the house! […]
July 18th, 2007 at 7:00 am
Is there a charge to attend tonights meeting or is it free?
July 19th, 2007 at 8:59 am
a friend pointed me toward this event late–and by late I mean yesterday evening when it was too late to come. Do you know if it’s possible to get a copy of the presentation from the speaker? With a bit more notice, I would’ve definitely been there.