Ubisoft Boasts Huge AI Programming Team

Posted by Shawn on Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 at 7:30 pm under Game Companies, Game Consoles, Game Platforms, Games, Games Industry, Microsoft, Sony, Ubisoft

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Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed although controversial has been very successful. One of the reasons for this, is the the game AI. A recent blog entry of veteran game developer Rob Fermier (a.k.a. Xemu) on GDC 08: Crowds in Assassin’s Creed gives us a clue as to why the AI was executed so well.
On the number and role of developers working on Assassin’s Creed:

50 software engineers at the peak. AI was 15-20.

In an industry where a developer from Gorilla, a fairly large company, feels 7 is a lot to handle, Ubisoft’s team is quite an impressive lineup. Get the word from the devs on the latest developments in game AI on AiGameDev.com

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