Balanced Civilization map generation based on Open Data

Gabriella A.B. Barros; Julian Togelius

doi:10.1109/CEC.2015.7257063

Balanced Civilization map generation based on Open Data

Gabriella A.B. Barros, Julian Togelius

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Abstract

This work investigates how to incorporate real-world data into game content so that the content is playable and enjoyable while not misrepresenting the data. We propose a method for generating balanced Civilization maps based on Open Data, describing how to acquire, transform and integrate information from different sources into a single content. Furthermore, we evolve players' initial positions in order to obtain balanced maps, while trying to minimize information accuracy loss. In addition, this paper describes a tool to assist users in this process. Maps generated using these method and tool are playable and balanced yet faithful to the original sources.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	2015 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, CEC 2015 - Proceedings
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	1482-1489
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	9781479974924
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/CEC.2015.7257063
State	Published - Sep 10 2015
Event	IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, CEC 2015 - Sendai, Japan Duration: May 25 2015 → May 28 2015

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Name	2015 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, CEC 2015 - Proceedings

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Other	IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, CEC 2015
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Sendai
Period	5/25/15 → 5/28/15

Keywords

Civilization
Data games
map generation
procedural content generation

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Computer Science Applications
Computational Mathematics

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Barros, G. A. B., & Togelius, J. (2015). Balanced Civilization map generation based on Open Data. In 2015 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, CEC 2015 - Proceedings (pp. 1482-1489). Article 7257063 (2015 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, CEC 2015 - Proceedings). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/CEC.2015.7257063

Balanced Civilization map generation based on Open Data. / Barros, Gabriella A.B.; Togelius, Julian.
2015 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, CEC 2015 - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2015. p. 1482-1489 7257063 (2015 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, CEC 2015 - Proceedings).

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

Barros, GAB & Togelius, J 2015, Balanced Civilization map generation based on Open Data. in 2015 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, CEC 2015 - Proceedings., 7257063, 2015 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, CEC 2015 - Proceedings, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 1482-1489, IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, CEC 2015, Sendai, Japan, 5/25/15. https://doi.org/10.1109/CEC.2015.7257063

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