Evaluating the Expressive Range of Super Mario Bros Level Generators

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2024-07-11 DOI:10.3390/a17070307

Hans Schaa, Nicolas A. Barriga

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Abstract

Procedural Content Generation for video games (PCG) is widely used by today’s video game industry to create huge open worlds or enhance replayability. However, there is little scientific evidence that these systems produce high-quality content. In this document, we evaluate three open-source automated level generators for Super Mario Bros in addition to the original levels used for training. These are based on Genetic Algorithms, Generative Adversarial Networks, and Markov Chains. The evaluation was performed through an Expressive Range Analysis (ERA) on 200 levels with nine metrics. The results show how analyzing the algorithms’ expressive range can help us evaluate the generators as a preliminary measure to study whether they respond to users’ needs. This method allows us to recognize potential problems early in the content generation process, in addition to taking action to guarantee quality content when a generator is used.

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评估《超级马里奥兄弟》关卡生成器的表达范围

电子游戏程序内容生成（PCG）被当今的电子游戏产业广泛用于创建巨大的开放世界或增强可玩性。然而，几乎没有科学证据表明这些系统能生成高质量的内容。在本文中，除了用于训练的原始关卡外，我们还评估了《超级马里奥兄弟》的三种开源自动关卡生成器。它们分别基于遗传算法、生成对抗网络和马尔可夫链。评估是通过对 200 个关卡的九个指标进行表达范围分析（ERA）来完成的。结果表明，分析算法的表达范围可以帮助我们对生成器进行初步评估，研究它们是否能满足用户的需求。通过这种方法，我们可以在内容生成过程中及早发现潜在问题，并在使用生成器时采取措施保证内容质量。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

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