Title:
Automated iterative game design

dc.contributor.advisor Riedl, Mark O.
dc.contributor.advisor Magerko, Brian
dc.contributor.author Zook, Alexander
dc.contributor.committeeMember Isbell, Charles
dc.contributor.committeeMember Goel, Ashok
dc.contributor.committeeMember Mateas, Michael
dc.contributor.committeeMember Orkin, Jeff
dc.contributor.department Interactive Computing
dc.date.accessioned 2017-01-11T14:05:40Z
dc.date.available 2017-01-11T14:05:40Z
dc.date.created 2016-12
dc.date.issued 2016-12-06
dc.date.submitted December 2016
dc.date.updated 2017-01-11T14:05:40Z
dc.description.abstract Computational systems to model aspects of iterative game design were proposed, encompassing: game generation, sampling behaviors in a game, analyzing game behaviors for patterns, and iteratively altering a game design. Explicit models of the actions in games as planning operators allowed an intelligent system to reason about how actions and action sequences affect gameplay and to create new mechanics. Metrics to analyze differences in player strategies were presented and were able to identify flaws in game designs. An intelligent system learned design knowledge about gameplay and was able to reduce the number of design iterations needed during playtesting a game to achieve a design goal. Implications for how intelligent systems augment and automate human game design practices are discussed.
dc.description.degree Ph.D.
dc.format.mimetype application/pdf
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1853/56346
dc.language.iso en_US
dc.publisher Georgia Institute of Technology
dc.subject Artificial intelligence
dc.subject Machine learning
dc.subject Game design
dc.subject Computational creativity
dc.subject Games
dc.title Automated iterative game design
dc.type Text
dc.type.genre Dissertation
dspace.entity.type Publication
local.contributor.advisor Riedl, Mark O.
local.contributor.advisor Magerko, Brian
local.contributor.corporatename College of Computing
local.contributor.corporatename School of Interactive Computing
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thesis.degree.level Doctoral
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