Kynapse

Kynapse is the artificial intelligence middleware product developed by Kynogon.

Kynapse main functionalities

Kynapse includes:
*An automatic AI data generation tool
*A complete 3D pathfinding
*Spatial reasoning
*The management of dynamic and destructible terrains
*Streaming mechanisms to handle very large terrains
*Optimizations for multicore/multiprocessing/Cell architectures

Use

Kynapse has been used in the development of more than 60 game titles including Crackdown [ [http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=7049 Gamasutra - Real Time Worlds Grabs Kynapse AI For Crackdown ] ] , Alone in the Dark 5 [ [http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3147041 Kynapse Gets Alone In The Dark news from 1UP.com ] ] , Fable 2, , Sacred 2 and [ [http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=12098 Gamasutra - Turbine Chooses Kynapse For Major MMO Licenses ] ] . Kynapse is also being used by companies such as EADS [ [http://www.modsim.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=726 EADS NetCOS Utilizes Kynapse To Develop Next Generation Simulation Ssystems :: modsim.org :: News and forums for the Visual Simulation & Modeling Industry ] ] , BAE Systems or Électricité de France to develop military or industrial simulation.

Platforms

Kynapse is available for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Xbox, Xbox 360, GameCube, Wii [ [http://www.developmag.com/news/28905/Kynapse-adds-Wii-support Kynapse adds Wii support - News - www.developmag.com ] ] and the PC.

References

External links

* [http://www.kynogon.com/ Kynogon website]