Poll #22: 3/03/01 - 5/01/01



If you have no current project (Question #1), it would be best for the results if you didn't answer the other two questions. Thanks.
Resources, Resources Results(survey has 3 questions)
Do you as an AI developer have enough CPU resources to do your job adequately in your current project?

(#1 of 3)
I've got CPU to burn, baby! (38)
21%
I've got some tuning to do, but I'm in good shape. (40)
22%
Tweak and tune is part of my life. (32)
18%
Are you kidding? (23)
13%
I hate the 3D engine guys. (25)
14%
I have no current project....sigh..... (23)
13%
Total Selections = 181

How much CPU do you as an AI developer wish you had on your current project?

(#2 of 3)
1% - 2% is plenty for me. (4)
2%
2% - 5% is really what I need. (17)
9%
5% - 15% is more like it. (64)
36%
At least 25%...it's the only way. (46)
26%
Half for me, half for everybody else...that's only fair. (14)
8%
I'll decide when I'm done and let the graphics guys have what's left! (35)
19%
Total Selections = 180

Speaking of resources, how many dedicated AI developers does your current (or most recent) project have?

(#3 of 3)
We have no developers doing AI at all. (28)
16%
We have less than one developer doing AI (i.e., part time only). (58)
33%
At least one, but less than two developers. (68)
38%
Between two and three dedicated developers. (17)
10%
Three or more dedicated developers. (6)
3%
Total Selections = 177


Steve's Comments: Decent turnout (especially for a survey that ran way too long due to my illness). I'd guess that AI developers continue to gain clout and that they're now fully "mainstream"--part of the regular game development team for most projects.