Game metricswithout players: Strategies for understanding game artifacts

Artificial Intelligence in the Game Design Process - Papers from the 2011 AIIDE Workshop

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 14-18

  Nelson, Mark J ^a  

^a Center for Computer Games Research   (Denmark)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRACTING INFORMATION; GAME METRICS; GAMEPLAY;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

EID: 84862684087     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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