Welcome to the first part of a series where we teach pathfinding for video games. In this episode, we'll take a look at the A* algorithm and how it works.

Some great A* study resources:
http://theory.stanford.edu/amitp/GameProgramming/
http://www.policyalmanac.org/games/aStarTutorial.htm

Source code: https://github.com/SebLague/Pathfinding

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The background music is 32. The Hidden Path by Longzijun.

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