Self-synthesized controllers for tower defense game using genetic programming

Leong, Leow Chin; Soon, Gan Kim; Guan, Tan Tse; On, Chin Kim; Alfred, Rayner; Anthony, Patricia

doi:10.1109/iccsce.2013.6720014

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“…Based on the definition by [4] and [5], the tower defense genre is characterized by (1) the player build defensive towers to obstruct the enemies (or creeps) from reaching the player's base, (2) the enemies come in waves with increased difficulties, (3) by defeating the enemies, the player will get resources corresponding to the difficulty of the enemy, that can be used to upgrade their towers, and (4) the tower can be bought, placed in the map, upgraded, and fire automatically on the enemy forces. As these only serve as a general characteristic, more gameplay and mechanic variation exist on the market.…”

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Creating a Circular Tower Defense Game: Development and Game Experience Measurement of Orbital Defense X

Asfarian

Ramadhan

Putra

et al. 2019

KINETIK

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In this paper, we propose a new style of tower defense game by using the circular placement of the tower. In this game, dubbed Orbital Defense X, the player must protect the earth with a circle of defensive tower circled around it. The game is developed using game development lifecycle from initiation phase through alpha version. To test the quality of the developed game, we measure the game experience using game experience questionnaire. The questionnaire is divided into three: core, social presence, and post-game questionnaire. The results show that male participant gains a significantly higher score than female participants. Overall, the game experience is received better by the male participant in the core and social presence components, with an average score of 2,27 vs 1,92 and 2,15 vs 1,86. However, in post-game experience, the female participant scores higher with 2,15 vs 1,95. The participant that previously played another tower defense game gave score more in the core, social presence, and post-game experience than the participant that haven't played it before. Their score is 1,93 vs 2,37 in core, 1,67 vs 2,39 in social presence, and 2,07 vs 1,91 in post-game experience. The result also suggests for more attention in the challenge regarding the enemies (variety and difficulty) rather than more complex tower management system. The social ranking also suggested by the participant to improve the overall experience of this game.

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Creating a Circular Tower Defense Game: Development and Game Experience Measurement of Orbital Defense X

Asfarian

Ramadhan

Putra

et al. 2019

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Self-Evaluation of RTS Troop’s Performance

Tong

Teo

et al. 2015

Jurnal Teknologi

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This paper demonstrates the research results obtained from a comparison of Evolutionary Programming (EP) and hybrid Differential Evolution (DE) and Feed Forward Neural Network (FFNN) algorithms in the Real Time Strategy (RTS) computer game, namely Warcraft III. The main aims of this research are to: test the feasibility of implementing EP and hybrid DE into RTS game, compare the performances of EP and hybrid DE, and generate gaming RTS controllers autonomously, an issue primarily of reinforcement/troops balancing. This micromanagement issue has been overlooked since last decade. Experimental results demonstrate success with all aims: both EP and hybrid DE could be implemented into the Warcraft III platform, and both algorithms used able to generate optimal solutions.

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Exploring the Attractive Factors of Mobile Tower Defense Games

Zhang¹

2018

Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Art Studies: Science, Experience, Education (ICASSEE 2018)

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Tower Defense (TD) game has always been a very popular video game. The purpose of this study is to explore the attractive factors of TD games and the relationship between these factors. The evaluation grid method was used to find the attractiveness of TD game, and the quantification theory type 1 was applied to get the influence weight between these elements. The results show that there are four main charm factors in TD game: sense of control, sense of challenge, sense of urgency and Sense of enjoyment. The quantitative statistical results show the weight relationship between the attractive factors. The results can be used as a reference for game developers.

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Self-synthesized controllers for tower defense game using genetic programming

Cited by 3 publications

References 19 publications

Creating a Circular Tower Defense Game: Development and Game Experience Measurement of Orbital Defense X

Creating a Circular Tower Defense Game: Development and Game Experience Measurement of Orbital Defense X

Self-Evaluation of RTS Troop’s Performance

Exploring the Attractive Factors of Mobile Tower Defense Games

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