Persona-driven Dominant/Submissive Map (PDSM) Generation for Tutorials

Michael Cerny Green; Ahmed Khalifa; Charity; Julian Togelius

doi:10.1145/3555858.3555890

Persona-driven Dominant/Submissive Map (PDSM) Generation for Tutorials

Michael Cerny Green, Ahmed Khalifa, Charity, Julian Togelius

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Abstract

In this paper, we present a method for automated persona-driven video game tutorial level generation. Tutorial levels are scenarios in which the player can explore and discover different rules and game mechanics. Procedural personas can guide generators to create content which encourages or discourages certain playstyle behaviors. In this system, we use procedural personas to calculate the behavioral characteristics of levels which are evolved using the quality-diversity algorithm known as Constrained MAP-Elites. An evolved map's quality is determined by its simplicity: the simpler it is, the better it is. Within this work, we show that the generated maps can strongly encourage or discourage different persona-like behaviors and range from simple solutions to complex puzzle-levels, making them perfect candidates for a tutorial generative system.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games, FDG 2022
Editors	Kostas Karpouzis, Stefano Gualeni, Allan Fowler
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450397957
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3555858.3555890
State	Published - Sep 5 2022
Event	17th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games, FDG 2022 - Athens, Greece Duration: Sep 5 2022 → Sep 8 2022

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Name	ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Conference

Conference	17th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games, FDG 2022
Country/Territory	Greece
City	Athens
Period	9/5/22 → 9/8/22

Keywords

evolution
experience driven level generation
procedural level generation
procedural persona
quality diversity

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Human-Computer Interaction
Computer Networks and Communications
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Software

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Green, M. C., Khalifa, A., Charity, & Togelius, J. (2022). Persona-driven Dominant/Submissive Map (PDSM) Generation for Tutorials. In K. Karpouzis, S. Gualeni, & A. Fowler (Eds.), Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games, FDG 2022 [35] (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3555858.3555890

Persona-driven Dominant/Submissive Map (PDSM) Generation for Tutorials. / Green, Michael Cerny; Khalifa, Ahmed; Charity et al.

Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games, FDG 2022. ed. / Kostas Karpouzis; Stefano Gualeni; Allan Fowler. Association for Computing Machinery, 2022. 35 (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series).

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

Green, MC, Khalifa, A, Charity & Togelius, J 2022, Persona-driven Dominant/Submissive Map (PDSM) Generation for Tutorials. in K Karpouzis, S Gualeni & A Fowler (eds), Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games, FDG 2022., 35, ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, Association for Computing Machinery, 17th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games, FDG 2022, Athens, Greece, 9/5/22. https://doi.org/10.1145/3555858.3555890

Green MC, Khalifa A, Charity, Togelius J. Persona-driven Dominant/Submissive Map (PDSM) Generation for Tutorials. In Karpouzis K, Gualeni S, Fowler A, editors, Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games, FDG 2022. Association for Computing Machinery. 2022. 35. (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series). doi: 10.1145/3555858.3555890

Green, Michael Cerny ; Khalifa, Ahmed ; Charity et al. / Persona-driven Dominant/Submissive Map (PDSM) Generation for Tutorials. Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games, FDG 2022. editor / Kostas Karpouzis ; Stefano Gualeni ; Allan Fowler. Association for Computing Machinery, 2022. (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series).

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