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Introduction to Inventory-Aware Pathfinding
Introduction to Inventory-Aware Pathfinding
Solving planning and pathfinding at the same time can save you a lot of time. It is the case of Inventory-Aware Pathfinding where we want to solve pathfinding in a map constrained by the items brought by the agent (e.g., keys to open locked doors).
April 22, 2016
Microtransactions Aren’t Evil - Why Viridi is Free-to-play
Microtransactions Aren’t Evil - Why Viridi is Free-to-play
Viridi has received major mainstream attention, but dour critical response from the games community. The biggest complaint leveled against it is its pricing model: Viridi is F2P. Here I discuss why we made that choice and why we're sticking with it.
April 22, 2016
Death March Crunches: 10 Causes and Solutions
Death March Crunches: 10 Causes and Solutions
Early in my career, I'd been the victim and inflictor of extended crunch (death marches). I'm a slow learner, but eventually found many of the root causes and solutions to avoid it.
April 22, 2016
Global Cyber Alliance Tackles Biggest Risks
Global Cyber Alliance Tackles Biggest Risks
New York County District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., London Police Commissioner Ian Dyson are founding partners.
April 21, 2016
UK Spies’ Mass Data Collection Laid Bare
UK Spies’ Mass Data Collection Laid Bare
UK Spies’ Mass Data Collection Laid Bare. New docs show authorities can build detailed profile on every citizen
April 21, 2016
Outgoing Information Commissioner Stresses Need for GDPR Compliance
Outgoing Information Commissioner Stresses Need for GDPR Compliance
“We thought digital was the new oil, but discovered it is also the new asbestos.”
April 21, 2016
New TeslaCrypt Variant Hidden in Delivery Tracker Email
New TeslaCrypt Variant Hidden in Delivery Tracker Email
Malware exhibits even greater varieties of anti-analysis and evasion features than previous TeslaCrypt types
April 21, 2016
#OpKillingBay Expands Target Focus
#OpKillingBay Expands Target Focus
Akamai has observed the group threatening to attack whaling groups from Japan, Denmark, Iceland and the Faroe Islands.
April 21, 2016
Nation-State RAT Attack Vectors Get Smarter
Nation-State RAT Attack Vectors Get Smarter
The new technique ensures that the payload/file remains in memory through its execution—making it more undetectable.
April 21, 2016
Compromised Credentials at the Root of a Quarter of All Data Breaches
Compromised Credentials at the Root of a Quarter of All Data Breaches
Attacks often occur because of a failure to use multifactor authentication, insufficient password use and poor crypto policies.
April 21, 2016
Video: AI devs offer advice on how to design great NPCs
Video: AI devs offer advice on how to design great NPCs
At the GDC 2014 AI Summit AI experts Rez Graham and Daniel Brewer shared case studies of how NPCs were designed and built for Electronic Arts' _The Sims: Medieva_l and Digital Extremes' Warframe.
April 21, 2016
Get a job: Schell Games is hiring a Project Design Director
Get a job: Schell Games is hiring a Project Design Director
I Expect You To Die developer Schell Games is looking for an experienced designer to take a lead role directing others in a variety of projects at its studio in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
April 21, 2016