Balanced Civilization Map Generation based on Open Data

Gabriella Barros; Julian Togelius

doi:10.1109/CEC.2015.7257063

Balanced Civilization Map Generation based on Open Data

Gabriella 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
Journal	I E E E Transactions on Evolutionary Computation
Pages (from-to)	1482 - 1489
Number of pages	8
ISSN	1089-778X
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/CEC.2015.7257063
Publication status	Published - 2015
Event	IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation - Sendai International center , Sendai, Japan Duration: 25 May 2015 → 28 May 2015 http://www.cec2015.org/

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Conference	IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation
Location	Sendai International center
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Sendai
Period	25/05/2015 → 28/05/2015
Internet address	http://www.cec2015.org/

Keywords

Game content generation
Open Data integration
Balanced Civilization maps
Data transformation
Player experience optimization

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