This article focuses on personalised games, which we define as games that utilise player
models for the purpose of tailoring the game experience to the individual player. The main …

In computer games and simulations, content is often rather static and rigid. As a result, its
prescripted nature can lead to predictable and impersonal gameplay, while alienating …

Player modeling is the study of computational models of players in games. This includes the
detection, modeling, prediction and expression of human player characteristics which are …

Player behavioural modelling has grown from a means to improve the playing strength of
computer programs that play classic games (eg, chess), to a means for impacting the player …

This paper investigates strategies to generate levels for action-adventure games. For this
genre, level design is more critical than for rule-driven genres such as simulation or rogue …

Effective team strategies and joint decision-making processes are fundamental in modern
robotic applications, where multiple units have to cooperate to achieve a common goal. The …

Player-centered approaches that aim to maximize player enjoyment have been steady, but
with poor heuristics that do not rely on any particular theory of entertainment. Certainly, the …

Real Time Strategy Games are one of the most popular game schemes in PC markets and
offer a dynamic environment that involves several interacting agents. The core strategies …

As the key technology of multi-agent game confrontation, opponent modeling is a typical
cognitive modeling method of agent's behavior. Several typical models of multi-agent game …

Physical activity motivating game design encourages players to perform real physical activity
in order to gain virtual game rewards. Previous research into activity motivating games …