Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

DeepDyve requires Javascript to function. Please enable Javascript on your browser to continue.

Evolutionary Game Design

Part of the SpringerBriefs in Computer Science Book Series

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4471-2179-4

ISBN: 978-1-4471-2178-7

Publisher: Springer London - Springer Journals

Sep 14, 2011

Available

Introduction

Browne, Cameron

Pages: 1 –4

[Yavalath is a recently invented board game which has proven to be popular with players but is distinguished by one remarkable fact: it is the first computer-designed board game to be commercially released. This chapter introduces Yavalath and outlines some of the questions that it raises with...
Available

Games in General

Browne, Cameron

Pages: 5 –10

[Combinatorial games make an ideal test bed for the Ludi project as they typically involve simple, well-defined rule sets but complex play. A simple means-play-ends model of game play is presented, then combinatorial games and the elements or ludemes that make them up are described in this...
Available

The Ludi System

Browne, Cameron

Pages: 11 –21

[Ludi is a software system written specifically for this project to play, measure and generate new games within the scope of its own game description language. This chapter describes the structure and operation of Ludi, how it understands and plays games, and concludes with an experiment designed...
Available

Measuring Games

Browne, Cameron

Pages: 23 –36

[One of the key tasks of a general game system such as Ludi is to evaluate the quality of the content that it produces. To this end, Ludi’s Criticism module returns an estimated aesthetic score for each candidate games indicating how likely it will be of interest to human players. This estimated...
Available

Evolving Games

Browne, Cameron

Pages: 37 –49

[The description of combinatorial games as hierarchical rule sets equivalent to symbolic expressions (S-expressions) makes them ideal for manipulation through genetic programming (GP) techniques. This chapter introduces the standard GP approach then goes on to describe how this method is adapted...
Available

Viable Games

Browne, Cameron

Pages: 51 –73

[The 19 viable rule sets evolved by the Ludi general game system define new combinatorial games that are the culmination of the Ludi project. This chapter describes each of these evolved games and their key characteristics, with particular emphasis on emergent properties and the general success...
Available

Yavalath

Browne, Cameron

Pages: 75 –85

[Yavalath is the most successful game evolved by the Ludi general game system. This chapter gives a complete description of the rules and analyses the forcing move mechanism that makes Yavalath so interesting. Some strong patterns and tactical tips are given, in addition to the solution of a...
Available

Conclusion

Browne, Cameron

Pages: 87 –90

[The Ludi general game system was designed to interpret, play and create new combinatorial games using an evolutionary approach, in order to explore questions of automated game design. This chapter looks back over the Ludi project, where it succeeded and where it failed, and examines the evidence...

results per page

Prev
1
Next

Browse All eBooks