Aung Sithu Kyaw - Unity 4.x Game AI Programming

Aung Sithu Kyaw is originally from Myanmar, (Burma) and has over seven years of experience in the software industry. His main interests include game-play programming, startups, entrepreneurship, writing, and sharing knowledge. He holds a Master of Science degree from Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, majoring in Digital Media Technology. Over the past few years, he has worked as a Research Programmer at INSEAD, Sr. Game Programmer at Playware Studios Asia, Singapore, and lastly as a Research Associate at NTU. In 2011, Aung co-founded Rival Edge Pte Ltd., a Singapore-based interactive digital media company that provides a technical consultancy service to creative agencies and also produces social mobile games. Visit http://rivaledge.sg for more information. Aung is the co-author of Irrlicht 1.7 Realtime 3D Engine Beginner's Guide , Packt Publishing , and is also a visiting lecturer at NTU conducting workshops on game design and development using Unity3D.He can be followed on Twitter @aungsithu and by using his LinkedIn profile linkedin.com/in/aungsithu.

Thanks to my co-authors who worked with me really hard on this book despite their busy schedules and got this book published. Also, thanks to the team at Packt Publishing for helping us in the production of this book. And finally, thanks to the awesome guys at Unity3D for building this amazing toolset and for making it affordable to indie game developers.

Clifford Peters is a programmer and a computer scientist. He has reviewed the following Packt Publishing books: Unity Game Development Essentials , Unity 3D Game Development by Example Beginner's Guide , Unity 3 Game Development Hotshot , Unity 3.x Game Development by Example Beginner's Guide , Unity iOS Game Development Beginner's Guide , and Unity iOS Essentials .

Thet Naing Swe is the co-founder and Chief Creative Director of Rival Edge Pte Ltd., based in Singapore. He graduated from the University of Central Lancashire where he majored in Game Design and Development and started his career as a game programmer at the UK-based Code Monkeys studios. He relocated to Singapore in 2010 and worked as a graphics programmer at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) on a cinematic research project together with Aung. Currently at Rival Edge, he's responsible for interactive digital media consulting projects mainly using Unity3D as well as making social mobile games for a casual audience. He can be reached via <>.

I would like to thank the whole team at Packt Publishing for keeping track of all the logistics and making sure the book was published. I really appreciate that. Besides that, I'd like to thank my parents for raising and supporting me all these years and letting me pursue my dream to become a game developer. Without all of your support, I wouldn't be here today.

And finally, huge thanks to my wife, May Thandar Aung, for allowing me to work on this book after office hours, late at night, and weekends. Without your understanding and support, this book would have been delayed for another year. I'm grateful to have your support with me whatever I do. Love you.

Julien Lange is a 32 year old IT expert in Software Engineering. He started to develop on Amstrad CPC464 with the BASIC language when he was 7. He learned Visual Basic soon after, then VB.NET and C#. For several years until the end of his studies, he developed and maintained several PHP and ASP.NET e-business websites. After his graduation, he continued to learn more and more about software like Architecture, Project management always acquiring new skills.

It was at work while talking with a colleague in August 2009 and after discovering the high potential of iPhone games and softwares that he decided to find an improved game engine allowing him to concentrate only on the main purpose of developing a game and not a game engine. After trying two other game engines, his choice was Unity 3D thanks to its compatibility with C# and its high frame rate performance on iPhone. In addition to his main work, he opened iXGaming.com as self-employed in December 2010 and launched several applications on the AppStore, such as Cartoon TV, GalaXia, and so on.

I would like to thank my wife for allowing me to take some time to review books on my computer. I would also like to thank Frederic for all the work we completed together with Unity. I would also like to thank all the current Unity Asset Store customers who are using my published assets and scripts. New services are coming very soon on the Asset Store.

Finally, I would like to thank my family, my friends, and colleagues including Stephane D., Chakib L., Christelle P., Raphael D., Alain D.L, Sebastien P., and Emmanuel.