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We introduce a procedural content generation (PCG) framework at the intersections of experience-driven PCG and PCG via reinforcement learning, named ED(PCG)RL, EDRL in short. EDRL is able to teach RL designers to generate endless playable…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-07-06 Tianye Shu , Jialin Liu , Georgios N. Yannakakis

Music generation with the aid of computers has been recently grabbed the attention of many scientists in the area of artificial intelligence. Deep learning techniques have evolved sequence production methods for this purpose. Yet, a…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2020-04-09 Majid Farzaneh , Rahil Mahdian Toroghi

We introduce STORY2GAME, a novel approach to using Large Language Models to generate text-based interactive fiction games that starts by generating a story, populates the world, and builds the code for actions in a game engine that enables…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-05-07 Eric Zhou , Shreyas Basavatia , Moontashir Siam , Zexin Chen , Mark O. Riedl

In this paper, we present a method for automated persona-driven video game tutorial level generation. Tutorial levels are scenarios in which the player can explore and discover different rules and game mechanics. Procedural personas can…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2022-04-12 Michael Cerny Green , Ahmed Khalifa , M Charity , Julian Togelius

We applied Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) to learn a model of DOOM levels from human-designed content. Initially, we analysed the levels and extracted several topological features. Then, for each level, we extracted a set of images…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-16 Edoardo Giacomello , Pier Luca Lanzi , Daniele Loiacono

This paper presents a procedural generation method that creates visually attractive levels for the Angry Birds game. Besides being an immensely popular mobile game, Angry Birds has recently become a test bed for various artificial…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2016-04-28 YuXuan Jiang , Misaki Kaidan , Chun Yin Chu , Tomohiro Harada , Ruck Thawonmas

Text-to-level generation aims to translate natural language descriptions into structured game levels, enabling intuitive control over procedural content generation. While prior text-to-level generators are typically limited to a single game…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-04-01 In-Chang Baek , Jiyun Jung , Geum-Hwan Hwang , Sung-Hyun Kim , Kyung-Joong Kim

We propose a new score-based model with one-step sampling. Previously, score-based models were burdened with heavy computations due to iterative sampling. For substituting the iterative process, we train a standalone generator to compress…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-09-21 Senmao Ye , Fei Liu

We introduce a method for the generation of images from an input scene graph. The method separates between a layout embedding and an appearance embedding. The dual embedding leads to generated images that better match the scene graph, have…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-11-19 Oron Ashual , Lior Wolf

Character customization system is an important component in Role-Playing Games (RPGs), where players are allowed to edit the facial appearance of their in-game characters with their own preferences rather than using default templates. This…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-09-04 Tianyang Shi , Yi Yuan , Changjie Fan , Zhengxia Zou , Zhenwei Shi , Yong Liu

Drawing freehand sketches of mechanical components on multimedia devices for AI-based engineering modeling has become a new trend. However, its development is being impeded because existing works cannot produce suitable sketches for…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-08-22 Zhichao Liao , Di Huang , Heming Fang , Yue Ma , Fengyuan Piao , Xinghui Li , Long Zeng , Pingfa Feng

We present RLSS: a reinforcement learning algorithm for sequential scene generation. This is based on employing the proximal policy optimization (PPO) algorithm for generative problems. In particular, we consider how to effectively reduce…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-06-07 Azimkhon Ostonov , Peter Wonka , Dominik L. Michels

Generating sketches with specific patterns as expected, i.e., manipulating sketches in a controllable way, is a popular task. Recent studies control sketch features at stroke-level by editing values of stroke embeddings as conditions.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-23 Sicong Zang , Shuhui Gao , Zhijun Fang

Expressive range analysis is a visualization-based technique used to evaluate the performance of generative models, particularly in game level generation. It typically employs two quantifiable metrics to position generated artifacts on a 2D…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-04-09 Mahsa Bazzaz , Seth Cooper

Synthetic 3D scenes are essential for developing Physical AI and generative models. Existing procedural generation methods often have low output throughput, creating a significant bottleneck in scaling up dataset creation. In this work, we…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-12-19 Jinghuan Shang , Harsh Patel , Ran Gong , Karl Schmeckpeper

Generating safety-critical scenarios is essential for testing and verifying the safety of autonomous vehicles. Traditional optimization techniques suffer from the curse of dimensionality and limit the search space to fixed parameter spaces.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-03-08 Haolan Liu , Liangjun Zhang , Siva Kumar Sastry Hari , Jishen Zhao

Text-to-image models are showcasing the impressive ability to create high-quality and diverse generative images. Nevertheless, the transition from freehand sketches to complex scene images remains challenging using diffusion models. In this…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-07-10 Tianyu Zhang , Xiaoxuan Xie , Xusheng Du , Haoran Xie

The visual world we sense, interpret and interact everyday is a complex composition of interleaved physical entities. Therefore, it is a very challenging task to generate vivid scenes of similar complexity using computers. In this work, we…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-02-05 Mehmet Ozgur Turkoglu , William Thong , Luuk Spreeuwers , Berkay Kicanaoglu

We present tile2tile, an approach for style transfer between levels of tile-based platformer games. Our method involves training models that translate levels from a lower-resolution sketch representation based on tile affordances to the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-08-17 Anurag Sarkar , Seth Cooper

Generative models for level generation have shown great potential in game production. However, they often provide limited control over the generation, and the validity of the generated levels is unreliable. Despite this fact, only a few…