The 2009 Mario AI Competition

Julian Togelius; Sergey Karakovskiy; Robin Baumgarten

doi:10.1109/CEC.2010.5586133

The 2009 Mario AI Competition

Julian Togelius, Sergey Karakovskiy, Robin Baumgarten

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Abstract

This paper describes the 2009 Mario AI Competition, which was run in association with the IEEE Games Innovation Conference and the IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Games. The focus of the competition was on developing controllers that could play a version of Super Mario Bros as well as possible. We describe the motivations for holding this competition, the challenges associated with developing artificial intelligence for platform games, the software and API developed for the competition, the competition rules and organization, the submitted controllers and the results. We conclude the paper by discussing what the outcomes of the competition can teach us both about developing platform game AI and about organizing game AI competitions. The first two authors are the organizers of the competition, while the third author is the winner of the competition.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	2010 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence, WCCI 2010 - 2010 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, CEC 2010
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/CEC.2010.5586133
State	Published - 2010
Event	2010 6th IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence, WCCI 2010 - 2010 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, CEC 2010 - Barcelona, Spain Duration: Jul 18 2010 → Jul 23 2010

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Name	2010 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence, WCCI 2010 - 2010 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, CEC 2010

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Other	2010 6th IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence, WCCI 2010 - 2010 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, CEC 2010
Country/Territory	Spain
City	Barcelona
Period	7/18/10 → 7/23/10

Keywords

A*
Mario
competitions
evolutionary algorithms
platform games

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Computational Theory and Mathematics
Applied Mathematics

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Togelius, J., Karakovskiy, S., & Baumgarten, R. (2010). The 2009 Mario AI Competition. In 2010 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence, WCCI 2010 - 2010 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, CEC 2010 Article 5586133 (2010 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence, WCCI 2010 - 2010 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, CEC 2010). https://doi.org/10.1109/CEC.2010.5586133

The 2009 Mario AI Competition. / Togelius, Julian; Karakovskiy, Sergey; Baumgarten, Robin.
2010 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence, WCCI 2010 - 2010 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, CEC 2010. 2010. 5586133 (2010 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence, WCCI 2010 - 2010 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, CEC 2010).

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

Togelius, J, Karakovskiy, S & Baumgarten, R 2010, The 2009 Mario AI Competition. in 2010 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence, WCCI 2010 - 2010 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, CEC 2010., 5586133, 2010 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence, WCCI 2010 - 2010 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, CEC 2010, 2010 6th IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence, WCCI 2010 - 2010 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, CEC 2010, Barcelona, Spain, 7/18/10. https://doi.org/10.1109/CEC.2010.5586133

Togelius J, Karakovskiy S, Baumgarten R. The 2009 Mario AI Competition. In 2010 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence, WCCI 2010 - 2010 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, CEC 2010. 2010. 5586133. (2010 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence, WCCI 2010 - 2010 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, CEC 2010). doi: 10.1109/CEC.2010.5586133

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