Software design patterns for enabling auto dynamic difficulty in video games

Proceedings of CGAMES'2012 USA - 17th International Conference on Computer Games: AI, Animation, Mobile, Interactive Multimedia, Educational and Serious Games

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 76-80

  Chowdhury, Muhammad Iftekher ^a   Katchabaw, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

auto dynamic difficulty; game balancing; software design pattern

Indexed keywords

AD HOC APPROACH; AUTO DYNAMIC DIFFICULTY; DESIGN PATTERNS; GAME BALANCING; LEVEL OF DIFFICULTIES; PROOF OF CONCEPT; PROTOTYPE SYSTEM; REAL TIME; SOFTWARE DESIGN PATTERNS; VIDEO GAME;

ANIMATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; REUSABILITY; SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 84869028393     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CGames.2012.6314555     Document Type: Conference Paper

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