Poll #42: 04/14/04 - 02/19/05


What do you, as a Game AI programer, need most?
Total Votes: 669
More development time! (233) 35%
More CPU! (118) 18%
Some good, reliable third-party AI toolkits! (105) 16%
More respect from my producer! (32) 5%
I'm not a Game AI programmer, you insensitive clod. (181) 5%
Steve's Comments: This poll was up for nearly a year so I think the results are pretty darn conclusive. AI developers want more time for their work...and if they can't have that they're split on wanting more CPU and some tools to help them do their jobs. No real surprises here...these results pretty much match what I've gotten at the GDC roundtables...but still interesting.

Producers are you listening?