AI as evaluator: Search driven playtesting of modern board games

Fernando De Mesentier Silva; Scott Lee; Julian Togelius; Andy Nealen

AI as evaluator: Search driven playtesting of modern board games

Fernando De Mesentier Silva, Scott Lee, Julian Togelius, Andy Nealen

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Abstract

This paper presents a demonstration of how AI can be useful in the game design and development process of a modern board game. By using an artificial intelligence algorithm to play a substantial amount of matches of the Ticket to Ride board game and collecting data, we can analyze several features of the gameplay as well as of the game board. Results revealed loopholes in the game's rules and pointed towards trends in how the game is played. We are then led to the conclusion that large scale simulation utilizing artificial intelligence can offer valuable information regarding modern board games and their designs that would ordinarily be prohibitively expensive or time-consuming to discover manually.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	WS-17-01
Subtitle of host publication	Artificial Intelligence and Operations Research for Social Good; WS-17-02: Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, and Society; WS-17-03: Artificial Intelligence for Connected and Automated Vehicles; WS-17-04: Artificial Intelligence for Cyber Security; WS-17-05: Artificial Intelligence for Smart Grids and Buildings; WS-17-06: Computer Poker and Imperfect Information Games; WS-17-07: Crowdsourcing, Deep Learning and Artificial Intelligence Agents; WS-17-08: Distributed Machine Learning; WS-17-09: Joint Workshop on Health Intelligence; WS-17-10: Human-Aware Artificial Intelligence; WS-17-11: Human-Machine Collaborative Learning; WS-17-12: Knowledge-Based Techniques for Problem Solving and Reasoning; WS-17-13: Plan, Activity, and Intent Recognition; WS-17-14: Symbolic Inference and Optimization; WS-17-15: What's Next for AI in Games?
Publisher	AI Access Foundation
Pages	959-966
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	9781577357865
State	Published - 2017
Event	31st AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, AAAI 2017 - San Francisco, United States Duration: Feb 4 2017 → Feb 10 2017

Publication series

Name	AAAI Workshop - Technical Report
Volume	WS-17-01 - WS-17-15

Other

Other	31st AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, AAAI 2017
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Francisco
Period	2/4/17 → 2/10/17

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General Engineering

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De Mesentier Silva, F., Lee, S., Togelius, J., & Nealen, A. (2017). AI as evaluator: Search driven playtesting of modern board games. In WS-17-01: Artificial Intelligence and Operations Research for Social Good; WS-17-02: Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, and Society; WS-17-03: Artificial Intelligence for Connected and Automated Vehicles; WS-17-04: Artificial Intelligence for Cyber Security; WS-17-05: Artificial Intelligence for Smart Grids and Buildings; WS-17-06: Computer Poker and Imperfect Information Games; WS-17-07: Crowdsourcing, Deep Learning and Artificial Intelligence Agents; WS-17-08: Distributed Machine Learning; WS-17-09: Joint Workshop on Health Intelligence; WS-17-10: Human-Aware Artificial Intelligence; WS-17-11: Human-Machine Collaborative Learning; WS-17-12: Knowledge-Based Techniques for Problem Solving and Reasoning; WS-17-13: Plan, Activity, and Intent Recognition; WS-17-14: Symbolic Inference and Optimization; WS-17-15: What's Next for AI in Games? (pp. 959-966). (AAAI Workshop - Technical Report; Vol. WS-17-01 - WS-17-15). AI Access Foundation.

AI as evaluator: Search driven playtesting of modern board games. / De Mesentier Silva, Fernando; Lee, Scott; Togelius, Julian et al.
WS-17-01: Artificial Intelligence and Operations Research for Social Good; WS-17-02: Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, and Society; WS-17-03: Artificial Intelligence for Connected and Automated Vehicles; WS-17-04: Artificial Intelligence for Cyber Security; WS-17-05: Artificial Intelligence for Smart Grids and Buildings; WS-17-06: Computer Poker and Imperfect Information Games; WS-17-07: Crowdsourcing, Deep Learning and Artificial Intelligence Agents; WS-17-08: Distributed Machine Learning; WS-17-09: Joint Workshop on Health Intelligence; WS-17-10: Human-Aware Artificial Intelligence; WS-17-11: Human-Machine Collaborative Learning; WS-17-12: Knowledge-Based Techniques for Problem Solving and Reasoning; WS-17-13: Plan, Activity, and Intent Recognition; WS-17-14: Symbolic Inference and Optimization; WS-17-15: What's Next for AI in Games?. AI Access Foundation, 2017. p. 959-966 (AAAI Workshop - Technical Report; Vol. WS-17-01 - WS-17-15).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

De Mesentier Silva, F, Lee, S, Togelius, J & Nealen, A 2017, AI as evaluator: Search driven playtesting of modern board games. in WS-17-01: Artificial Intelligence and Operations Research for Social Good; WS-17-02: Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, and Society; WS-17-03: Artificial Intelligence for Connected and Automated Vehicles; WS-17-04: Artificial Intelligence for Cyber Security; WS-17-05: Artificial Intelligence for Smart Grids and Buildings; WS-17-06: Computer Poker and Imperfect Information Games; WS-17-07: Crowdsourcing, Deep Learning and Artificial Intelligence Agents; WS-17-08: Distributed Machine Learning; WS-17-09: Joint Workshop on Health Intelligence; WS-17-10: Human-Aware Artificial Intelligence; WS-17-11: Human-Machine Collaborative Learning; WS-17-12: Knowledge-Based Techniques for Problem Solving and Reasoning; WS-17-13: Plan, Activity, and Intent Recognition; WS-17-14: Symbolic Inference and Optimization; WS-17-15: What's Next for AI in Games?. AAAI Workshop - Technical Report, vol. WS-17-01 - WS-17-15, AI Access Foundation, pp. 959-966, 31st AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, AAAI 2017, San Francisco, United States, 2/4/17.

De Mesentier Silva F, Lee S, Togelius J, Nealen A. AI as evaluator: Search driven playtesting of modern board games. In WS-17-01: Artificial Intelligence and Operations Research for Social Good; WS-17-02: Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, and Society; WS-17-03: Artificial Intelligence for Connected and Automated Vehicles; WS-17-04: Artificial Intelligence for Cyber Security; WS-17-05: Artificial Intelligence for Smart Grids and Buildings; WS-17-06: Computer Poker and Imperfect Information Games; WS-17-07: Crowdsourcing, Deep Learning and Artificial Intelligence Agents; WS-17-08: Distributed Machine Learning; WS-17-09: Joint Workshop on Health Intelligence; WS-17-10: Human-Aware Artificial Intelligence; WS-17-11: Human-Machine Collaborative Learning; WS-17-12: Knowledge-Based Techniques for Problem Solving and Reasoning; WS-17-13: Plan, Activity, and Intent Recognition; WS-17-14: Symbolic Inference and Optimization; WS-17-15: What's Next for AI in Games?. AI Access Foundation. 2017. p. 959-966. (AAAI Workshop - Technical Report).

De Mesentier Silva, Fernando ; Lee, Scott ; Togelius, Julian et al. / AI as evaluator : Search driven playtesting of modern board games. WS-17-01: Artificial Intelligence and Operations Research for Social Good; WS-17-02: Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, and Society; WS-17-03: Artificial Intelligence for Connected and Automated Vehicles; WS-17-04: Artificial Intelligence for Cyber Security; WS-17-05: Artificial Intelligence for Smart Grids and Buildings; WS-17-06: Computer Poker and Imperfect Information Games; WS-17-07: Crowdsourcing, Deep Learning and Artificial Intelligence Agents; WS-17-08: Distributed Machine Learning; WS-17-09: Joint Workshop on Health Intelligence; WS-17-10: Human-Aware Artificial Intelligence; WS-17-11: Human-Machine Collaborative Learning; WS-17-12: Knowledge-Based Techniques for Problem Solving and Reasoning; WS-17-13: Plan, Activity, and Intent Recognition; WS-17-14: Symbolic Inference and Optimization; WS-17-15: What's Next for AI in Games?. AI Access Foundation, 2017. pp. 959-966 (AAAI Workshop - Technical Report).

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