1. The Game Genre

   • Explain the game type.
   • What makes it this type? (What "defines" the type? ... What makes a game "in it" or not?)
   • Given this genre of game, what AI does it suggest?

2. The AI in the game genre or The AI that you think could be in the game genre

   • Knowledge Representation:

     • What kinds of knowledge are needed for what purposes?
          give specifics of aspects of the game type that need this AI
     • How can this knowledge be represented?

   • Control:

     • What kinds of action(s) are expected in this game type?
     • How are the methodologies triggered?

3. Examples

   • List some games in this type.
   • List some of these that do use AI and some that don't and compare.
   • In the ones that use AI, where, when and how

4. Conclusions

   • What makes it good?
   • What could they use to improve?

5. Bibliography

   • At least 5 references (not counting the two text books). You can reference the texts, but they do not count as your research effort).
   • At least 3 references that are from refereed sources (i.e., not the web)
   • See dept site for example information for references

1. an introduction to the project
   • provide a high-level description of what the project is about (introduce the reader to the project)
     • Is it affiliated with some particular game? ... some particular (or general) activity/potential?
     • Is it a completely new addition [to something]?
     • Is it a adaptation of someone else's code? (cite)
2. an introduction to the problem being solved
   • you should begin with a description of the problem and the desired (AI) properties of the solution
   • you should have a least a few references - it does not have to be comprehensive
3. a technical description of the solution
   • sample code if appropriate
   • discuss algorithmic details as necessary
4. a description of your contribution to the project
   • if you wrote something which has a GUI or something that can be demoed, provide in your writeup a "walk-through". This would mean taking screen shots of your code running and discussing them (as you would if you were giving a demo in person).
   • if you did an individual project, state that you did everything; if not, be clear on what portion of the solution you did.
   • you should include a brief survey of what games/genres might find the technique useful
5. discuss what you learned by doing this project

6. Bibliography

   • At least 5 references (not counting the two text books). You can reference the texts, but they do not count as your research effort).
   • At least 3 references that are from refereed sources (i.e., not the web)
   • See dept site for example information for references

If possible, I would like a demo of your project for the class. Given hardware inadequacies, this might not be possible. Hence the "walk-through" of screen shots is very important.