The video-game industry has recently grown from focused markets to mainstream. The
advancements the industry has been enjoying motivated researchers to propose techniques …

As the potential for human-AI design collaboration increases, understanding the role of
artificial intelligence (AI) in the design process becomes more important. How does AI …

This paper explores the application of chat-based Generative AI (GenAI) in the Interactive
Digital Narrative (IDN) authoring process, advocating for a human-centered approach rooted …

This article proposes a novel deep reinforcement learning algorithm to perform automated
analysis and detection of gameplay issues in complex 3-D navigation environments. The …

Iterative user-centred design has become a standard approach for develo** interactive
products. This process relies on prototy** and usertesting as early as possible to deliver a …

In games, as in many other domains, design validation and testing is a significant challenge
as systems are growing in size and manual testing is becoming infeasible. In this position …

Going from research to production, especially for large and complex software systems, is
fundamentally a hard problem. In large-scale game production, one of the main reasons is …

The authoring of interactive dialogues in video games is an overwhelming and complex task
for game writers. Develo** an Interactive Narrative that balances authorial intent and …

Human playtesting is a useful step in the game development process, but involves high
economic costs and is time-consuming. While playtesting through artificial intelligence is …

Imitation learning is an effective approach for training game-playing agents and,
consequently, for efficient game production. However, generalization-the ability to perform …