Resource systems in games: An analytical approach

Tróndur Justinussen; Peter Hald Rasmussen; Alessandro Canossa; Julian Togelius

doi:10.1109/CIG.2012.6374153

Resource systems in games: An analytical approach

Tróndur Justinussen, Peter Hald Rasmussen, Alessandro Canossa, Julian Togelius

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Abstract

We describe an approach to using standard data mining algorithms to help analyse recurring themes in game design across several games, and to help suggest novel game design ideas. This is illustrated with the analysis of 119 different resource systems across 20 games. Clustering is used to validate the assignment of resources into archetypes; frequent pattern mining is used to find commonly co-occurring resource attributes; and decision tree induction is used to visualize the relations between resource archetypes. We discuss the relation between qualitative and quantitative analysis of game design and suggest that qualitative analysis is necessary but that quantitative methods can be of invaluable help.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	2012 IEEE Conference on Computational Intelligence and Games, CIG 2012
Pages	171-178
Number of pages	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/CIG.2012.6374153
State	Published - 2012
Event	2012 IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Games, CIG 2012 - Granada, Spain Duration: Sep 11 2012 → Sep 14 2012

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Name	2012 IEEE Conference on Computational Intelligence and Games, CIG 2012

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Other	2012 IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Games, CIG 2012
Country/Territory	Spain
City	Granada
Period	9/11/12 → 9/14/12

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Artificial Intelligence
Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
Human-Computer Interaction
Software

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Resource systems in games: An analytical approach. / Justinussen, Tróndur; Rasmussen, Peter Hald; Canossa, Alessandro et al.
2012 IEEE Conference on Computational Intelligence and Games, CIG 2012. 2012. p. 171-178 6374153 (2012 IEEE Conference on Computational Intelligence and Games, CIG 2012).

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Justinussen, T, Rasmussen, PH, Canossa, A & Togelius, J 2012, Resource systems in games: An analytical approach. in 2012 IEEE Conference on Computational Intelligence and Games, CIG 2012., 6374153, 2012 IEEE Conference on Computational Intelligence and Games, CIG 2012, pp. 171-178, 2012 IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Games, CIG 2012, Granada, Spain, 9/11/12. https://doi.org/10.1109/CIG.2012.6374153

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