IMGD 4000 Mid-Term Exam Topic Outline

Here is an outline of the topics that might be on the mid-term exam:

• Game Engines
  • Buy vs. Build
  • Engine Choices
  • Engine Architectures and Features
• Advanced Pathfinding
  • Navigation Graphs
    • Tile-based
    • Waypoints
  • Navigation Mesh
  • Pathfinding Tuning
• Advanced Camera Control
  • Zoning
  • Dynamics
  • Blending
  • Rails
• Basic Game AI
  • Decision Trees
  • Finite State Machines
    • Hierarchical Finite State Machines
  • Behavior Trees
• Autonomous Movement
  • The "Steering" Model
  • Steering Methods (Seek, Arrive, Evade ...)
    • Flocking
  • Comibining Steering Forces

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