Designing Procedurally Generated Levels

Linden, Roland van der; Lopes, Ricardo; Bidarra, Rafael

doi:10.1609/aiide.v9i3.12592

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“…In case of computer games, level of control is equally important as interesting results. In [30] the user can choose a set of actions, that will later be represented in the resulting map. Used constraints are all gameplay-related and need to be specified by the designers.…”

Section: Procedural Generation For Gamesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Generating layout for complex cave-like levels with schematic maps and Cellular Automata

Antoniuk

2023

MG&V

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In this paper an algorithm for creating cave-like, user-guided layout is presented. In applications such as computer games, underground structures offer unique challenges and interesting space for player actions. Preparation of such areas can be time consuming and tiresome, especially during the design process, when many ideas are often scrapped. Presented approach aims at improving this process. Schematic input is used so the user can quickly define the general layout. Cave system is divided into levels and tiles - easily-parallelizable modules for the following method stages. Cellular automata are used to extend initial system sketch with interesting shapes while the diamond-square algorithm spreads the final terrain heights. Each stage uses the results of the previously performed operations as input, providing space for alterations. Input maps can be reused to obtain different variations of the same system. The final structure is represented as a 3D point cloud. Chosen representation supports multilevel systems and can be used either as a base for further algorithms, or as a final mesh. The presented approach can be easily incorporated into game design process, while visualizing initial layouts and speeding up preparation of unique, interesting and challenging game spaces for the players to traverse.

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Section: Procedural Generation For Gamesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Generating layout for complex cave-like levels with schematic maps and Cellular Automata

Antoniuk

2023

MG&V

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“…That object is then presented under a randomized choice of orientations, and hence of possible hole shapes, in that level. Besides preventing solution memory issues, such an approach has the additional advantage that we can control the complexity of the shape generated, effectively allowing for a dynamic difficulty adjustment, following a smooth and adaptive progression over the levels [19]. In this section, we describe the procedural generation method developed for this purpose.…”

Section: Procedural Object Generationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Training and assessing perspective taking through A Hole New Perspective

Band

Lips

Prawira

et al. 2022

2022 IEEE Conference on Games (CoG)

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In recent years, the use of Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR) has taken a larger role within training and education of various fields, but not every individual experiences the benefits that AR and VR technology are thought to provide. The perspective taking skill of an individual may be a good indicator of the effectiveness that AR and VR training can achieve. However, we found that the tests in other research targeting small scale perspective taking are few and limited, as perspective taking is often hard to distinguish from mental rotation. Therefore, we designed and developed A Hole New Perspective, a serious game created specifically to test and train an individual's perspectivetaking ability. A Hole New Perspective focuses on the relationship between a 3D object floating in the air and a 2D hole on a moving wall. The core game mechanics consists of having the player rotate the object so that it fits in the hole, before the wall hits the object. Because players do not always have an aligned view with the hole, they have to call on their spatial perspective-taking abilities, in addition to mental rotation. We tested the game with a variety of test subjects, and compared these test results with the Perspective Taking/Spatial Orientation Test. Early results have shown that performance in the game corresponds to mental rotation ability. Furthermore, there are indications that improvement in spatial ability through the game is selectively present for those with lower spatial abilities. This further substantiates the need for a more individualized approach when offering AR and VR in education. Additional training may be needed for some, but not all students.

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“…Ropossum helps users to create and test puzzle levels by using grammatical evolution [26]. Linden et al generate dungeons that fulfill high-level designer-specified gameplay requirements [16].…”

Section: Mixed-initiative Content Creationmentioning

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A Synset-Based Recommender Method for Mixed-Initiative Narrative World Creation

Perez

Eisemann

Bidarra

2021

Interactive Storytelling

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A narrative world (NW) is an environment which supports enacting a given story. Manually creating virtual NWs (e.g. for games and films) requires considerable creative and technical skills, in addition to a deep understanding of the story in question. Procedural generation methods, in turn, generally lack in creativity and have a hard time coping with the numerous degrees of freedom left open by a story. In contrast, mixed-initiative approaches offer a promising path to solve this tension. We propose a mixed-initiative approach assisting an NW designer in choosing plausible entities for the locations, where the story takes place. Our approach is based on a recommender method that uses common and novel associations to narrative locations, actions and entities. Our method builds upon a large dataset of co-occurrences of disambiguated terms that we retrieved from photo captions. Building on this knowledge, our solution deploys entity (un)relatedness, offers clusters of semantically and contextually related entities, and highlights novelty of recommended content, thus effectively supporting the designer's creative task, while helping to stay consistent with the story. We demonstrate our method via an interactive prototype called TaleForge. Designers can obtain meaningful entity suggestions for their NWs, which enables guided exploration, while preserving creative freedom. We present an example of the interactive workflow of our method, and illustrate its usefulness.

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Designing Procedurally Generated Levels

Cited by 7 publications

References 13 publications

Generating layout for complex cave-like levels with schematic maps and Cellular Automata

Generating layout for complex cave-like levels with schematic maps and Cellular Automata

Training and assessing perspective taking through A Hole New Perspective

A Synset-Based Recommender Method for Mixed-Initiative Narrative World Creation

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