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Beginner
Simple Board Game AI Discusses influence mapping and their application to board game AI.	James Matthews	27/12/2004
Cómo Empezar con la Inteligencia Artificial How to Get Started with Gaming AI (Spanish).	James Matthews	08/08/2004
Finite State Machine Tutorial Discusses the basics of finite state machines. Includes some sample code.	Nathaniel Meyer	03/10/2003
How To Get Started with Gaming AI A short essay looking at possible ways to start with gaming AI.	James Matthews	03/02/2001
Simple Tree Searches A look at depth-first and breadth-first tree searches.	James Matthews	06/11/2000
An Introduction to Game AI A very simple look at some of the techniques used in game AI including finite state machines and minimax trees.	James Matthews	29/06/2000

General
Using Bugs and Viruses to Teach Artificial Intelligence In this paper we wish to add further to the growing body of evidence that games provide a good platform for teaching advanced computing concepts.	Peter Cowling, Richard Fennell, Robert Hogg, Gavin King, Paul Rhodes, Nick Sephton	03/11/2004
Applying Artificial Intelligence, Search Algorithms and Neural Networks to Games A look at AI in general, search algorithms and neural networks.	Stuart James Kelly	13/01/2003
Basic Othello Strategy Details several ways to create an Othello opponent. Theory will apply to other board games easily.	Marc Mandt	11/04/2002
Minimax Trees This essay discusses a widely used algorithm that is immediately applicable to board game AI.	James Matthews	23/08/2001
What was Columbus' mother's maiden name? – Memory in Games Memory in games is an important factor of the AI -- this article discusses some of the principles involved.	Bruno Sousa	31/05/2000
AI in a Computer Role-Playing Game RPG AI is an evolving field. This article looks at some of the problems faced and possible solutions.	Benoît Prézeau	09/05/2000

MindRover
MindRover Archive An archive of MindRover robots to download and try.	Generation5	26/03/2000

Pathing
A* for the Masses A step-by-step look at the A* pathing algorithm. Accompanying code and program are provided elsewhere.	James Matthews	26/03/2000

Projects
Virus Game Project Create a program that plays a simple board game, Virus.	James Matthews	27/12/2004
Othello Project Create an agent that plays Othello.	Robert Lange	26/07/2003
Connect4 Game Project Create an AI agent that plays Connect4.	James Matthews	27/10/2002
Search Tree Project A very simple project aimed at teaching tree-searching algorithms.	James Matthews	24/05/2001

Theory
VPI: Virtual Personality Interaction VPI is the result of a little research I made with the intention of figuring out a way to make a game engine support each NPC as a unique being, having its own physical aspects, intellectual capabilities and psychological tendencies.	Derlidio Siqueira	16/11/2004
Binary Decision Tree implementation in C++ The purpose of this article is to detail how a BDT can be implemented in C++.	Paul Thompson	18/04/2004