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Title: Mech-Elites: Illuminating the Mechanic Space of GVG-AI
This paper introduces a fully automatic method of mechanic illumination for general video game level generation. Using the Constrained MAP-Elites algorithm and the GVG-AI framework, this system generates the simplest tile based levels that contain specific sets of game mechanics and also satisfy playability constraints. We apply this method to illuminate the mechanic space for four different games in GVG-AI: Zelda, Solarfox, Plants, and RealPortals. With this system, we can generate playable levels that contain different combinations of most of the possible mechanics. These levels can later be used to populate game tutorials that teach players how to use the mechanics of the game.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1717324
NSF-PAR ID:
10231881
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Journal Name:
International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games
Page Range / eLocation ID:
1 to 10
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Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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