The evolution of fun: Automatic level design through challenge modeling

Proceedings of the International Conference on Computational Creativity, ICCC-10

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 258-267

  Sorenson, Nathan ^a   Pasquier, Philippe ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATION PROCESS; FITNESS FUNCTIONS; GAME DESIGN; GENERATIVE SYSTEMS; GENERIC MODELS; HIGH LEVEL DESCRIPTION; LEVEL DESIGN; RULE-BASED APPROACH; VIDEO GAME;

EID: 80051939031     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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