1 - Mobile Phone Game Developers / Service
Providers
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A common application type for mobiles are games.
Developers who are already versed in mobile SDKs are not necessarily
well-versed in game engine creation. This can be a slow and uncertain
process, and, likely as not, the largest source of problems. On
the other hand UI development is predictable and comfortable. Ideally
Mobile and other developers need access to a reliable source of
game engines, that they can painlessly integrate using their UI
skills, without needing to worry about game engine functionality.
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This is where AI Factory
steps in. It provides clean source engines
with an out-of-the-box testbed which allows
any engine to be tested and run on day one. The 3rd party developer
can immediately test the engine and see if it does what they want.
If need be, the 3rd party developer can be provided with a full
working testbed, but no sources, during any assessment phase.
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Once running, the development is easy, as the
interface has been carefully crafted to make the 3rd party developer's
task as easy as possible. The documentation is thorough, and the
testbed and sources provide useful examples to demonstrate how the
engine is interfaced. The interface provides not only move calculations,
but a full game sequence control, not normally provided. These engines
are mature and well developed, after much game interface experience.
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Having used AI Factory for its first game, this
is where the advantages really start to kick in. All of AI Factory's
engines share the same common generic interface, so the next project
is much much easier. Now the developer can churn out engines with
a very high turnaround.
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What about the future? A developer source that
can only provide a small number of engines that dry up is of limited
value. Having established a working relationship, the developer
needs to have a future succession of games. This is where we can
provide. AI Factory has developed generic AI components that allow
the easy assembly of new games very quickly. This can be made to
order, with a turnaround that will probably be some 10 x quicker
than any rival. We can provide any game or puzzle you want, reliably
and quickly.
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2 - Publishers looking for new titles
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AI Factory has already created whole 3D games
from the bottom-up that compete head-to-head with the best on the
market. If you have a project in mind, or would like to look at
our own project portfolio, AI Factory has the ability to create
full lavish 3D games to a very high standard. For example, our Pool/Snooker
product received high review acclaim (see endorsements),
with its beautifully rendered balls and table, and the high quality
AI used to generate AI Player characterisation. We have several
new strong and original projects, waiting to be picked up by publishers.
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Take a look at our products by choosing from
our list of games.
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3 - 3rd Party Developers looking for custom Game Engines
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This is a speciality of ours, and we are already
in negotiation to develop the AI for a number of game engines. One
of these is a game in the genre of "Heroes of Might and Magic".
This is a flagship product of a company that lacks the player-computer
module. Other examples in consideration are "Risk" and
"Scrabble", and a further large adventure game (under
wraps). Our deep background in AI and games makes us an unrivalled
candidate to take on such work. We can deliver completed game engines
quickly and with out-of-the-box testbeds, so that the games can
be played on delivery, before any UI has been developed. This is
an ideal out-sourced means of game engine creation.
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4 - Mobile Server Providers for games
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The architecture of AI Factory games has been
designed with the server client architecture of a mobile game server
in mind. The engines internally support dual game states, so that
a server can service streams of game validation requests and move
calculations at the same time. The move calculation uniquely does
not depend on multi-threading, so that management of vast numbers
of engine requests can be quickly and reliable managed without synchronisation
problems. The engine architecture is very simple and very flexible,
and naturally supports multi-user play.
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This is a great source for Mobile server-based
game developers, as the common interface shared by all games is
the same. Each new added game slots naturally into the server architecture
and framework, allowing easy validation of the engines.
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5 - Console, PC and On-Line Game Developers
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Much of the advantages are shared with the mobile
game case shown above. AI Factory also provides good scalability.
The developer need only specify the platform limitations in a source
header, and the engine source automatically configures to accommodate
that platform. If you are running out of memory, simply modify the
ENG_MEMORY_DATA #define and re-compile. It's as easy as that.
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If you have a powerful console or PC, you want
the best, which again is where AI Factory can deliver. We have world
championship level engines that have successfully competed in international
competition (see competitions), backed by 25 years AI experience.
It doesn't get much better than that!
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