A framework for analysis of 2D platformer levels
Sandbox '08 Proceedings of the 2008 ACM SIGGRAPH symposium on Video games
Rhythm-based level generation for 2D platformers
Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Foundations of Digital Games
Modeling player experience in super mario bros
CIG'09 Proceedings of the 5th international conference on Computational Intelligence and Games
Analyzing the expressive range of a level generator
Proceedings of the 2010 Workshop on Procedural Content Generation in Games
Polymorph: dynamic difficulty adjustment through level generation
Proceedings of the 2010 Workshop on Procedural Content Generation in Games
Automatic level generation for platform videogames using genetic algorithms
Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology
Gaming is a hard job, but someone has to do it!
FUN'12 Proceedings of the 6th international conference on Fun with Algorithms
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In this article we present a system that enhances content in platform game levels. This is achieved by adding particular gaming entities and adjusting their arrangement, causing consequent changes in the inherent difficulty and in path related aspects. This idea follows our prior work for the automatic creation of level environments. Starting with a primal level structure and a corresponding graph that sketches the user path, the system detects mandatory and optional path sections and adapts them in order to create more elaborate challenges to the user, forcing detours to gather specific objects or trigger certain events. Alternatively, a designer can create that base level structure and use the algorithm to adapt it to a certain profile. Also, some adjustments can be made to enhance multiplayer cooperative gaming for uneven skilled players, where the path is adapted to force a difficult route to one player and an easier one for the other player. Our experiments showed interesting results on some popular games, where it is possible to observe the previous principles put into practise. The approach is generic and can be expanded to other similar games.