The quest in a generated world

3rd Digital Games Research Association International Conference: "Situated Play", DiGRA 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 503-509

  Ashmore, Calvin ^a   Nitsche, Michael ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Procedural generation; Quests; Spatial generation; Video game; Virtual space

Indexed keywords

PROCEDURAL GENERATION; QUESTS; SPATIAL GENERATION; VIDEO GAME; VIRTUAL SPACES;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 77953589166     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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