Mek: Mechanics Prototyping Tool for 2D Tile-Based Turn-Based Deterministic Games

Volkovas, Rokas; Fairbank, Michael; Woodward, John R.; Lucas, Simon M.

doi:10.1109/cig.2019.8848016

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“…Finally, it is worth noting that not all mixed-initiative tools pertain to level design. For instance, Mek allows designers to define a set of spatial interaction rules by directly "painting" the rules' effects [20]. Machado et al [21] introduced a mechanics recommendation system based on similarity to existing games in the corpus of GVGAI [22] games.…”

Section: A Mixed-initiative Designmentioning

confidence: 99%

SuSketch: Surrogate Models of Gameplay as a Design Assistant

Migkotzidis

Liapis

2022

IEEE Trans. Games

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This paper introduces SuSketch, a design tool for first person shooter levels. SuSketch provides the designer with gameplay predictions for two competing players of specific character classes. The interface allows the designer to work sideby-side with an artificially intelligent creator and to receive varied types of feedback such as path information, predicted balance between players in a complete playthrough, or a predicted heatmap of the locations of player deaths. The system also proactively designs alternatives to the level and class pairing, and presents them to the designer as suggestions that improve the predicted balance of the game. SuSketch offers a new way of integrating machine learning into mixed-initiative co-creation tools, as a surrogate of human play trained on a large corpus of artificial playtraces. A user study with 16 game developers indicated that the tool was easy to use, but also highlighted a need to make SuSketch more accessible and more explainable.

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Section: A Mixed-initiative Designmentioning

confidence: 99%

SuSketch: Surrogate Models of Gameplay as a Design Assistant

Migkotzidis

Liapis

2022

IEEE Trans. Games

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“…Challenging tasks such as terrain generation which requires a large number of iterations have explored rapid prototyping and ways to support the same (T. Wang & Kurabayashi, 2020) but this involves sketches and landscapes. There have also been tools that directly aim to simplify the process of creating game mechanics, Volkovas et al have proposed the use of a language for prototyping and compare it against prevailing techniques for 2D games (Volkovas, Fairbank, Woodward, & Lucas, 2019).…”

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NoteG: A Computational Notebook to Facilitate Rapid Game Prototyping

Mathews¹,

Chimalakonda²

2022

Preprint

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Game development-based approaches are increasingly used to design curricula that can engage students, as these can help them apply and practice learnt computer science concepts. However, it can become complex to develop a minimum working game or a prototype with the help of high-end game engines. Game prototyping is one of the most essential parts of the game design and development cycle as it allows developers to continuously test and improve their ideas. In recent years, computational notebooks have gained widespread popularity among developers. They can help run individual code snippets, visualize the output, consolidate the source code, and share live code easily. However, its use has not been explored in the field of game development and prototyping. In this paper, we propose NoteG, a computational notebook towards rapid game prototyping. We evaluated the tool with 18 novice game developers through a questionnaire-based user survey. A majority of the volunteers (66%) found it easy to use and were of the opinion that it saves time. A few of the participants successfully extended the existing framework to implement new game mechanics within their prototypes.

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What Is a Game Mechanic?

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Carstensdóttir

2021

Entertainment Computing – ICEC 2021

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Mek: Mechanics Prototyping Tool for 2D Tile-Based Turn-Based Deterministic Games

Cited by 5 publications

References 14 publications

SuSketch: Surrogate Models of Gameplay as a Design Assistant

SuSketch: Surrogate Models of Gameplay as a Design Assistant

NoteG: A Computational Notebook to Facilitate Rapid Game Prototyping

What Is a Game Mechanic?

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