Incongruity-Based Adaptive Game Balancing

Lankveld, Giel van; Spronck, Pieter; Herik, H.J. van den; Rauterberg, Matthias

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-12993-3_19

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“…Within the EDPCG framework, it is possible to generate levels that are adapted to the strengths and limitations of the player, in an attempt to maximize the fun factor. Many studies propose that the fun and challenge factors are directly linked [25][26][27][28][29][30][31], which means that, to tune the fun factor, one often has to tune the challenge factor. In this line, in this paper, we propose the integration of PGC with gaze tracking so as to adapt the challenge the player as to face according to his/her form of playing and, as a result, to improve the fun factor.…”

Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Study on the Use of Eye Tracking to Adapt Gameplay and Procedural Content Generation in First-Person Shooter Games

Antunes

Santana

2018

MTI

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This paper studies the use of eye tracking in a First-Person Shooter (FPS) game as a mechanism to: (1) control the attention of the player's avatar according to the attention deployed by the player; and (2) guide the gameplay and game's procedural content generation, accordingly. This results in a more natural use of eye tracking in comparison to a use in which the eye tracker directly substitutes control input devices, such as gamepads. The study was conducted on a custom endless runner FPS, Zombie Runner, using an affordable eye tracker. Evaluation sessions showed that the proposed use of eye tracking provides a more challenging and immersive experience to the player, when compared to its absence. However, a strong correlation between eye tracker calibration problems and player's overall experience was found. This means that eye tracking technology still needs to evolve but also means that once technology gets mature enough players are expected to benefit greatly from the inclusion of eye tracking in their gaming experience.

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Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Study on the Use of Eye Tracking to Adapt Gameplay and Procedural Content Generation in First-Person Shooter Games

Antunes

Santana

2018

MTI

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“…The idea was to maintain a specific difference in incongruity automatically. The main conclusion was that, due to their automatically maintained balanced difficulty setting, they were able to avoid the game from becoming boring or frustrating [4].…”

Section: Incongruity-based Adaptive Game Balancingmentioning

confidence: 94%

Incongruity Theory Applied in Dynamic Adaptive Game Artificial Intelligence

Francisco¹,

Ruste²,

Sagum³

et al. 2013

IJFCC

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Abstract-The Theory of Incongruity is a theory in psychology that states that people create mental concepts about the world in two forms/concepts such as the context and system complexity. The researchers presents an adaptive A.I in which it interacts with a real person and incorporates the theory in order to monitor how the user feels while playing or interacting with the A.I. Two algorithms will be utilized in order to achieve the desired adaptability of the A.I. namely, dynamic scripting and case base reasoning. The goal of the study is to create an A.I. that will be able to react fast and adapt to real human players based on how they feel or what they think regarding the decisions made by the A.I. This study aims to give a player a more thrilling and exciting experience thus, improving the quality of entertainment games provide. The study also focuses on pulling the gamer up the scale in order to improve his skills in game. Giving the player a chance to win by scaling his current skill level but still targeting in the end to win makes the adaptive A.I. more fun to interact with and prove to give a positive reaction or experience to the gamer.Index Terms-Adaptive artificial intelligence, games, theory of incongruity, dynamic scripting.

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“…In addition, research has shown that when opponent players play too strongly in a game against a particular player, the player will get frustrated (i.e., 'gets stuck' in the game) and will quit playing too [62,117]. In this regard, it is important for a gaming system to rate the skills of players accurately, and to match players with comparable skills with one-another; close enough in skill to be challenging, but not so difficult as to be frustrating [45].…”

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Personalised gaming

Bakkes

Tan

Pisan

2012

Proceedings of the 8th Australasian Conference on Interactive Entertainment: Playing the System

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This article focuses on personalised games, which we define as games that utilise player models for the purpose of tailoring the game experience to the individual player. The main contribution of the article is a motivation for personalised gaming, supported by an extensive overview of scientific literature. The motivatin concerns (a) the psychological foundation, (b) the effect on player satisfaction, (c) the contribution to game development, and (d) the requirement for achieving ambitions. The provided overview of scientific literature goes into the subject of player modelling, as well as eight adaptive components: (1) space adaptation, (2) mission / task adaptation, (3) character adaptation, (4) game mechanics adaptation, (5) narrative adaptation, (6) music / sound adaptation, (7) player matching (multiplayer), and (8) difficulty scaling. In the concluding sections, the relationship to procedural content generation is discussed, as well as the generalisation to other domains.

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Incongruity-Based Adaptive Game Balancing

Cited by 35 publications

References 4 publications

A Study on the Use of Eye Tracking to Adapt Gameplay and Procedural Content Generation in First-Person Shooter Games

A Study on the Use of Eye Tracking to Adapt Gameplay and Procedural Content Generation in First-Person Shooter Games

Incongruity Theory Applied in Dynamic Adaptive Game Artificial Intelligence

Personalised gaming

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