arXiv Open Access 2023

Automata Quest: NCAs as a Video Game Life Mechanic

Hiroki Sato Tanner Lund Takahide Yoshida Atsushi Masumori

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We study life over the course of video game history as represented by their mechanics. While there have been some variations depending on genre or "character type", we find that most games converge to a similar representation. We also examine the development of Conway's Game of Life (one of the first zero player games) and related automata that have developed over the years. With this history in mind, we investigate the viability of one popular form of automata, namely Neural Cellular Automata, as a way to more fully express life within video game settings and innovate new game mechanics or gameplay loops.

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cs.HC cs.GR cs.MA cs.NE cs.SE

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Hiroki Sato

Tanner Lund

Takahide Yoshida

Atsushi Masumori

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Sato, H., Lund, T., Yoshida, T., Masumori, A. (2023). Automata Quest: NCAs as a Video Game Life Mechanic. https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.14364

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Tahun Terbit: 2023
Bahasa: en
Sumber Database: arXiv
Akses: Open Access ✓