BeatTheBeat music-based procedural content generation in a mobile game

Jordan, Annika; Scheftelowitsch, Dimitri; Lahni, Jan; Hartwecker, Jannic; Kuchem, Matthias; Walter-Huber, Mirko; Vortmeier, Nils; Delbrügger, Tim; Guler, Umit; Vatolkin, Igor; Preuß, Mike

doi:10.1109/cig.2012.6374172

Cited by 12 publications

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“…There is also prior work utilizing PCG techniques with a rhythmic focus for other game domains, such as platformers [30,31]. Prior work also includes PCG based on user input, altering or blending songs together based on player actions [11,17]. There are also several commercial games focused around the use of PCG techniques on arbitrary music to generate content [8,9].…”

Section: Chart Generation and Music-related Pcg Without Machine Learningmentioning

confidence: 99%

TaikoNation: Patterning-focused Chart Generation for Rhythm Action Games

Halina

Guzdial

2021

The 16th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games (FDG) 2021

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Generating rhythm game charts from songs via machine learning has been a problem of increasing interest in recent years. However, all existing systems struggle to replicate human-like patterning: the placement of game objects in relation to each other to form congruent patterns based on events in the song. Patterning is a key identifier of high quality rhythm game content, seen as a necessary component in human rankings. We establish a new approach for chart generation that produces charts with more congruent, humanlike patterning than seen in prior work. CCS CONCEPTS• Computing methodologies → Machine learning; • Applied computing → Sound and music computing.

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Section: Chart Generation and Music-related Pcg Without Machine Learningmentioning

confidence: 99%

TaikoNation: Patterning-focused Chart Generation for Rhythm Action Games

Halina

Guzdial

2021

The 16th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games (FDG) 2021

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“…Some modern mobile games use automated music analysis to generate level content, including Au-dioSurf 6 and Record Run. 7 Levels in Guitar Hero are created individually by humans, but the research prototype Beat the Beat (Jordan et al, 2012) uses rhythmic information extracted from the audio to generate levels for a Guitar Hero-like minigame.…”

Section: Automatic Remixing and Level Creationmentioning

confidence: 99%

The CrossSong Puzzle: Developing a Logic Puzzle for Musical Thinking

Smith

Kato

Fukayama

et al. 2017

Journal of New Music Research

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There is considerable interest in music-based games and apps. However, in existing games, music generally serves as an accompaniment or as a reward for progress. We set out to design a game where paying attention to the music would be essential to making deductions and solving the puzzle. The result is the CrossSong Puzzle, a novel type of music-based logic puzzle that integrates musical and logical reasoning. The game presents a player with a grid of tiles, each representing a mash-up of excerpts from two different songs. The goal is to rearrange the tiles so that each row and column plays a continuous musical excerpt. To create puzzles, we implemented an algorithm to automatically identify a set of song fragments to fill a grid such that each tile contains an acceptable mash-up. We present several optimisations to speed up the search for high-quality grids. We also discuss the iterative design of the game's interface and present the results of a user evaluation of the final design. Finally, we present some insights learned from the experience which we believe are important to developing music-based puzzle games that are entertaining, feasible and that challenge one's ability to think about music.

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“…In a more recent example by Jordan et al [4], the authors report on a research prototytpe BeatTheBeat, in which game levels are matched to background music tracks based on features extracted from the audio signal, and these are allocated to cells on a game board using a self-organising map.…”

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Mobile games with intelligence: A killer application?

Hingston

Congdon

Kendall

2013

2013 IEEE Conference on Computational Inteligence in Games (CIG)

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Abstract-Mobile gaming is an arena full of innovation, with developers exploring new kinds of games, with new kinds of interaction between the mobile device, players, and the connected world that they live in and move through. The mobile gaming world is a perfect playground for AI and CI, generating a maelstrom of data for games that use adaptation, learning and smart content creation. In this paper, we explore this potential killer application for mobile intelligence. We propose combining small, light-weight AI/CI libraries with AI/CI services in the cloud for the heavy lifting. To make our ideas more concrete, we describe a new mobile game that we built that shows how this can work.

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BeatTheBeat music-based procedural content generation in a mobile game

Cited by 12 publications

References 7 publications

TaikoNation: Patterning-focused Chart Generation for Rhythm Action Games

TaikoNation: Patterning-focused Chart Generation for Rhythm Action Games

The CrossSong Puzzle: Developing a Logic Puzzle for Musical Thinking

Mobile games with intelligence: A killer application?

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