Abstract
This paper introduces the Sentient Sketchbook, a tool which supports a designer in the creation of game levels. Using map sketches to alleviate designer effort, the tool automates playability checks and evaluations and visualizes significant gameplay properties. This paper also introduces constrained novelty search via a two-population paradigm for generating, in real-time, alternatives to the author's design and evaluates its potential against current approaches. The paper concludes with a small-scale user study in which industry experts interact with the Sentient Sketchbook to design game levels. Results demonstrate the tool's potential and provide directions for its improvement.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Foundations of Digital Games |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Publisher | Society for the Advancement of Digital Games |
| Publication date | 2013 |
| Pages | 213-220 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-0-9913982-0-1 |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
Keywords
- Game Level Design
- Generative Design Tools
- Constrained Novelty Search
- Playability Evaluation
- User Study