Deep Learning for Procedural Content Generation
Procedural content generation in video games has a long history. Existing procedural content generation methods, such as search-based, solver-based, rule-based and grammar-based methods have been...
Procedural Content Generation via Knowledge Transformation (PCG-KT)
We introduce the concept of Procedural Content Generation via Knowledge Transformation (PCG-KT), a new lens and framework for characterizing PCG methods and approaches in which content generation...
Not All the Same: Understanding and Informing Similarity Estimation in Tile-Based Video Games
Similarity estimation is essential for many game AI applications, from the procedural generation of distinct assets to automated exploration with game-playing agents. While similarity metrics...
Exploring Level Blending across Platformers via Paths and Affordances
Techniques for procedural content generation via machine learning (PCGML) have been shown to be useful for generating novel game content. While used primarily for producing new content in the...
Multi-Domain Level Generation and Blending with Sketches via Example-Driven BSP and Variational Autoencoders
Procedural content generation via machine learning (PCGML) has demonstrated its usefulness as a content and game creation approach, and has been shown to be able to support human creativity. An...
Procedural Content Generation via Machine Learning (PCGML)
This survey explores Procedural Content Generation via Machine Learning (PCGML), defined as the generation of game content using machine learning models trained on existing content. As the...
Capturing Local and Global Patterns in Procedural Content Generation via Machine Learning
Recent procedural content generation via machine learning (PCGML) methods allow learning from existing content to produce similar content automatically. While these approaches are able to generate...
The VGLC: The Video Game Level Corpus
Levels are a key component of many different video games, and a large body of work has been produced on how to procedurally generate game levels. Recently, Machine Learning techniques have been...