Paper Info
Title
Analyzing the expressive range of a level generator
Abstract
This paper explores a method for analyzing the expressive range of a procedural level generator, and applies this method to Launchpad, a level generator for 2D platformers. Instead of focusing on the number of levels that can be created or the amount of time it takes to create them, we instead examine the variety of generated levels and the impact of changing input parameters. With the rise in the popularity of PCG, it is important to be able to fairly evaluate and compare different generation techniques within similar domains. We have found that such analysis can also expose unexpected biases in the generation algorithm and holes in the expressive range that drive future work.
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.1145/1814256.1814260
Proceedings of the 2010 Workshop on Procedural Content Generation in Games
Keywords
DocType
Citations 
procedural level generation,future work,procedural level generator,evaluation methods,generation algorithm,level generator,similar domain,different generation technique,expressive range,input parameter,unexpected bias,generic algorithm
Conference
46
PageRank 
References 
Authors
2.39
5
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Gillian Smith136928.59
Jim Whitehead244831.30