Evolutionary Game Design

It is easy to create new combinatorial games but more difficult to predict those that will interest human players. We examine the concept of game quality, its automated measurement through self-play simulations, and its use in the evolutionary search for new high-quality games. A general game system...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on computational intelligence and AI in games. 2010-03, Vol.2 (1), p.1-16
Main Authors: Browne, C., Maire, F.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aesthetics
Artificial intelligence
artificial intelligence (AI)
Automated
Combinatorial analysis
combinatorial game
Competitive intelligence
Computational intelligence
Design engineering
Evolutionary
Evolutionary design method
evolutionary search
game design
Game theory
Games
Human
Humans
Prototypes
System testing
Toy industry
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Summary:It is easy to create new combinatorial games but more difficult to predict those that will interest human players. We examine the concept of game quality, its automated measurement through self-play simulations, and its use in the evolutionary search for new high-quality games. A general game system called Ludi is described and experiments conducted to test its ability to synthesize and evaluate new games. Results demonstrate the validity of the approach through the automated creation of novel, interesting, and publishable games.
ISSN:1943-068X
2475-1502
1943-0698
2475-1510
DOI:10.1109/TCIAIG.2010.2041928