A formal specification for casanova, a language for computer games

Maggiore, Giuseppe; Spanò, Alvise; Orsini, Renzo; Bugliesi, Michele; Abbadi, Mohamed; Steffinlongo, Enrico

doi:10.1145/2305484.2305533

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“…Regarding description languages for games, they focus on specific categories of applications (e.g., [33][34][35][36]). Game architectures are highly paired with the proposed programming language, without support for hierarchical ideas.…”

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confidence: 99%

A Cloud Based Disaster Management System

Cheikhrouhou

Koubâa

Zarrad

2020

JSAN

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The combination of wireless sensor networks (WSNs) and 3D virtual environments opens a new paradigm for their use in natural disaster management applications. It is important to have a realistic virtual environment based on datasets received from WSNs to prepare a backup rescue scenario with an acceptable response time. This paper describes a complete cloud-based system that collects data from wireless sensor nodes deployed in real environments and then builds a 3D environment in near real-time to reflect the incident detected by sensors (fire, gas leaking, etc.). The system’s purpose is to be used as a training environment for a rescue team to develop various rescue plans before they are applied in real emergency situations. The proposed cloud architecture combines 3D data streaming and sensor data collection to build an efficient network infrastructure that meets the strict network latency requirements for 3D mobile disaster applications. As compared to other existing systems, the proposed system is truly complete. First, it collects data from sensor nodes and then transfers it using an enhanced Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks (RLP). A 3D modular visualizer with a dynamic game engine was also developed in the cloud for near-real time 3D rendering. This is an advantage for highly-complex rendering algorithms and less powerful devices. An Extensible Markup Language (XML) atomic action concept was used to inject 3D scene modifications into the game engine without stopping or restarting the engine. Finally, a multi-objective multiple traveling salesman problem (AHP-MTSP) algorithm is proposed to generate an efficient rescue plan by assigning robots and multiple unmanned aerial vehicles to disaster target locations, while minimizing a set of predefined objectives that depend on the situation. The results demonstrate that immediate feedback obtained from the reconstructed 3D environment can help to investigate what–if scenarios, allowing for the preparation of effective rescue plans with an appropriate management effort.

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A Cloud Based Disaster Management System

Cheikhrouhou

Koubâa

Zarrad

2020

JSAN

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“…publication query publication type research category note [199] -w journal article proposal of solution [198] -w PhD thesis proposal of solution publication query publication type research category note [191] 76w conference paper proposal of solution [193] -w conference paper proposal of solution [192] -w journal article proposal of solution publication query publication type research category note [146] 47n workshop paper proposal of solution Casanova [147] 34w conference paper validation research Casanova [148] 95w conference paper proposal of solution Casanova [149] 308w conference paper validation research Casanova [68] 177n Master's thesis validation research Casanova [4] 60n conference paper proposal of solution Casanova II [3] 26n conference paper proposal of solution Casanova II [69] 53n conference paper proposal of solution Metacasanova [2] 195n PhD thesis validation research Casanova II [71] 101n conference paper validation research Metacasanova [70] 86n journal article validation research Casanova II PuzzleScript is an online textual puzzle game design language and interpreter 1 created by…”

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Languages of Games and Play

Rozen

2020

ACM Comput. Surv.

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Digital games are a powerful means for creating enticing, beautiful, educational, and often highly addictive interactive experiences that impact the lives of billions of players worldwide. We explore what informs the design and construction of good games to learn how to speed-up game development. In particular, we study to what extent languages , notations , patterns, and tools , can offer experts theoretical foundations, systematic techniques, and practical solutions they need to raise their productivity and improve the quality of games and play. Despite the growing number of publications on this topic there is currently no overview describing the state-of-the-art that relates research areas, goals, and applications. As a result, efforts and successes are often one-off, lessons learned go overlooked, language reuse remains minimal, and opportunities for collaboration and synergy are lost. We present a systematic map that identifies relevant publications and gives an overview of research areas and publication venues. In addition, we categorize research perspectives along common objectives, techniques, and approaches, illustrated by summaries of selected languages. Finally, we distill challenges and opportunities for future research and development.

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“…On the other hand, high-level programming/scripting languages for video games exist (e.g., [8], [9]), but none are as deliberately abstract. This work also draws inspiration from the Arcade Learning Environment (ALE) [10], a framework for games from the classic Atari 2600 console.…”

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A video game description language for model-based or interactive learning

Schaul

2013

2013 IEEE Conference on Computational Inteligence in Games (CIG)

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Abstract-We propose a powerful new tool for conducting research on computational intelligence and games. 'PyVGDL' is a simple, high-level description language for 2D video games, and the accompanying software library permits parsing and instantly playing those games. The streamlined design of the language is based on defining locations and dynamics for simple building blocks, and the interaction effects when such objects collide, all of which are provided in a rich ontology. It can be used to quickly design games, without needing to deal with control structures, and the concise language is also accessible to generative approaches. We show how the dynamics of many classical games can be generated from a few lines of PyVGDL.The main objective of these generated games is to serve as diverse benchmark problems for learning and planning algorithms; so we provide a collection of interfaces for different types of learning agents, with visual or abstract observations, from a global or first-person viewpoint. To demonstrate the library's usefulness in a broad range of learning scenarios, we show how to learn competent behaviors when a model of the game dynamics is available or when it is not, when full state information is given to the agent or just subjective observations, when learning is interactive or in batch-mode, and for a number of different learning algorithms, including reinforcement learning and evolutionary search.

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A formal specification for casanova, a language for computer games

Cited by 10 publications

References 6 publications

A Cloud Based Disaster Management System

A Cloud Based Disaster Management System

Languages of Games and Play

A video game description language for model-based or interactive learning

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