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We are delighted to welcome all participants to the 20th International Conference on Computer Games (CGAMES'15). It is well established that CGAMES has served the computer gaming community by promoting advancement and innovation in the field over the last 15th years. The conference has continued to promote potential applications of computer games in many areas of design and development, training,...
This paper explores several augmentations to the previously described Plantagenet model of computer game agents to give agents the deceptic capability to deceive the player and/or be deceived by the player. Augmented finite state machine controllers for agents in a simple role playing game are generated using an evolutionary algorithm. It is demonstrated that the proposed model is a practical option...
Motion Onset Visually Evoked Potentials (mVEPs) allow users to interact with technology using non-visually fatiguing stimuli in a Brain Computer Interface (BCI). This study employs mVEP in an onscreen controller and evaluates players' ability to use mVEP for online gameplay with games from three different genres namely action, puzzle and sports. The onscreen controller consists of five mVEP stimuli...
Motion Onset Visually Evoked Potentials (mVEPs) are elicited by visual stimuli that offer a more elegant, less fatiguing visual presentation than other stimuli used in visual evoked potentials (VEPs) studies. mVEP for use in brain computer interface (BCI) video gaming offer users a pleasant presentation environment to play video games. Modern, commercially available video games are a popular form...
Solving puzzles based on number-sum or ordered matrices is an NP-hard problem that requires considerable computational effort. Prime examples of these are the games Sudoku and Kakuro. Kakuro relies on number sequences that must sum to a number indicator shown on the puzzle. Sudoku requires that numbers be listed in an implicit sequence in blocks and rows. Both puzzles require exclusivity of the numbers...
NP-hard problems, such as generating crossword puzzles, are candidates for solution by genetic algorithms (GAs). A combination of both a genetic algorithms and a Wisdom of Artificial Crowds (WoAC) aggregation method was developed for the purpose of creating crossword puzzles given a particular outline. The program was written using a GPL Hunspell wrapper NHunspell for word verification and suggestion...
Since the first algorithm animation interactive computer system called BALSA appeared in 1984, many algorithm animation and visualization applications have been developed for educational purposes. Modern game engines (like Unity 3D and Unreal) possess a multitude of features which are vital for algorithm animation applications. Until now, these features have not been systematically exploited for educational...
Procedural content generation for games often uses tile sets. Tilings generated with tile sets are equivalent to pictures generated from a fixed alphabet of characters such as those explored in the area of vision. Formal languages over pictures and their methods of definition such as 2D regular expressions, automata, and array grammars are directly applicable to generation of tilings using finite...
In this paper, the quest for the perfect perfect-maze is performed over the search space of perfect mazes using an approach of search-based procedural content generation. Perfect maze construction is rather random with little to no control of the final product. We propose a search-based framework based on attributes or metrics of a constructed maze to provide a foundation for evaluation functions...
Serious games have been recognized in many application areas such as heath, education and training. Designing interactive games responsive to user emotions improves their effectiveness and user acceptances. A major factor in user interaction is the emotional reaction to game scenarios, which has motivated us to analyze immersive games using biofeedback. In this article, a graph-based model is presented...
Automatic generation of game content is an important challenge in computer game design. Such generation requires methods that are both efficient and guaranteed to produce playable content. While existing methods are adequate for currently available types of games, games based on more complex entities and structures may require new methods. In this paper, we use computational complexity analysis to...
This work in progress is focused on adapted design of a set of games for people with cerebral palsy. In the specification all the stakeholders (family, therapeutics and monitors) have participated. In the games set 4 levels of complexity have been proposed, and also the different types of interaction: touchscreen, push buttons, etc. The evaluation of the 4 prototypes will be held including not only...
Criminal and delictual conduct are found within virtual worlds and computer gaming just as in the physical world. These may manifest themselves in myriad ways, from the role playing conduct of players within the game space to conduct by players, game developers and operators and others that may violate criminal laws and normative prohibitions generally. We examine this spectrum of conduct and the...
This paper presents an experiment in which people with intellectual disabilities played 3 apps with different levels and purposes on an iPad Air. As part of the game they were required to interact with Sphero and the activities they tried to perform required motor skills, attention and memory. We have selected two groups of participants according to their level of support needs. The results show the...
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