It's likely the reason you picked this book up was to learn about DL and DLR for games in the hope of landing your dream job or completing your dream game. In either case, we come to a point where you decide whether this technology is worth including in your own game and to what extent. The following is a list of ten questions you can use to determine whether DL is right for your game:

1. Have you already made the decision and need to build the game with DL or DRL?
   • Yes – 10 points
   • No – 0 points
2. Will your game benefit from some form of automation, either through testing or managing repetitious player tasks?
   • Yes – 10 points
   • No – 0 points
3. Do you want to make training and AI or another similar activity part of the game?
   • Yes – (-5) points. You may be better off using a more robust from of AI to simulate the training. Training DRL takes too many iterations and samples to be effective as an inline game-training tool, at least for now.
   • No – 0 points.
4. Do you want cutting-edge AI to feature in your game?
   • Yes – 10 points. There are certainly ways of layering AI technologies and making a DRL solution work. When it comes to current AI, there really is no better cutting-edge technology.
   • No – 0 points.
5. Do you have hours of time to train an AI?
   • Yes – 10 points
   • No – (-10) points
6. Have you read a good portion of this book and completed at least a few of the exercises?
   • Yes – 10 points, +5 if you completed more than 50%
   • No – (-10) points; thanks for the honesty
7. Do you have a background or affinity for math?
   • Yes – 10 points
   • No – (-10) points

8. How many papers have you read on reinforcement learning at an academic level?
   • 10+ – 25 points
   • 5–10 – 10 points
   • 1–5 – 5 points
   • 0 – 0 points
9. What is your completion timeline?
   • 1–3 months – (-10) points
   • 3–6 months – 0 points
   • 6–12 months – 10 points
   • 1–2+ years – 25 points
10. What is the size of your team?
    • Solo – (-10) points
    • 2–5 – 0 points
    • 6–10 – 10 points
    • 11+ – 25 points

Answer all the questions and score your points to determine your full readiness score. Consult the following to determine how ready you and/or your team are:

• <0 points - How did you even make it this far into the book? You're not ready, and it's best you just put this book down.
• 0-50 - You certainly show promise, but you are going to need some more help; check out the following section on next steps and further areas of learning.
• 50-100 - You certainly are on your way to building the knowledge base and implementing some fun DRL in games, but you may still need a little help. Check the section on next steps and further areas of learning.
• 100+ - You are well beyond ready, and we appreciate you taking the time to read this book. Perhaps take some of your own personal time and pass your own or your team members' knowledge on to people you know.

Of course, there are no absolute rules to the results of the preceding test, and you may find that you score quite low but then go on to make the next great AI game. How you approach the results is up to you, and how you take your next steps is also entirely up to you.

In the next section, we look at the next steps you can take to learn more about DRL and how to build better automation and AI in games.