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Modern video games are complex, non-deterministic systems that are difficult to test automatically at scale. Although prior work shows that personality-driven Large Language Model (LLM) agents can improve behavioural diversity and test…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-04-10 Yifei Chen , Sarra Habchi , Lili Wei

Games have long been a microcosm for studying planning and reasoning in both natural and artificial intelligence, especially with a focus on expert-level or even super-human play. But real life also pushes human intelligence along a…

In this paper, we propose a method and workflow for automating regression testing of certain video game aspects using automated planning and incremental action model learning techniques. The basic idea is to use detailed game logs and…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-04-03 Tomáš Balyo , G. Michael Youngblood , Filip Dvořák , Lukáš Chrpa , Roman Barták

Psychological measurement is essential for mental health, self-understanding, and personal development. Traditional methods, such as self-report scales and psychologist interviews, often face challenges with engagement and accessibility.…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-08-30 Qisen Yang , Zekun Wang , Honghui Chen , Shenzhi Wang , Yifan Pu , Xin Gao , Wenhao Huang , Shiji Song , Gao Huang

This paper describes a method for generative player modeling and its application to the automatic testing of game content using archetypal player models called procedural personas. Theoretically grounded in psychological decision theory,…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2018-02-21 Christoffer Holmgård , Michael Cerny Green , Antonios Liapis , Julian Togelius

Board games are a great source of entertainment for all ages, as they create a competitive and engaging environment, as well as stimulating learning and strategic thinking. It is common for digital versions of board games, as any other type…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-10-26 Marco Antônio Athayde de Aguiar Vieira , Anderson Rocha Tavares , Renato Perez Ribas

Software testing is a crucial phase in software development, enabling the detection of issues and defects that may arise during the development process. Addressing these issues enhances software applications' quality, reliability, user…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-03-18 Giacomo Garaccione , Tommaso Fulcini , Paolo Stefanut Bodnarescul , Riccardo Coppola , Luca Ardito

Modern video games pose significant challenges for traditional automated testing algorithms, yet intensive testing is crucial to ensure game quality. To address these challenges, researchers designed gaming agents using Reinforcement…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-02-23 Yifei Chen , Sarra Habchi , Lili Wei

Due to the importance of Android app quality assurance, many automated GUI testing tools have been developed. Although the test algorithms have been improved, the impact of GUI rendering has been overlooked. On the one hand, setting a long…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-02-28 Sidong Feng , Mulong Xie , Chunyang Chen

Recent advancements have expanded the role of Large Language Models in board games from playing agents to creative co-designers. However, a critical gap remains: current systems lack the capacity to offer constructive critique grounded in…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-04-14 Zizhen Li , Chuanhao Li , Yibin Wang , Yukang Feng , Jianwen Sun , Jiaxin Ai , Fanrui Zhang , Mingzhu Sun , Yifei Huang , Kaipeng Zhang

Game development is a highly specialized task that relies on a complex game engine powered by complex programming languages, preventing many gaming enthusiasts from handling it. This paper introduces the Chat Game Engine (ChatGE) powered by…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-12-17 Jiale Hong , Hongqiu Wu , Hai Zhao

Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly integrated with specialized external tools, yet many tasks demand zero-shot tool usage with minimal or noisy documentation. Existing solutions rely on manual rewriting or labeled data for…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-06-13 Wei Fang , Yang Zhang , Kaizhi Qian , James Glass , Yada Zhu

Personality assessment in career guidance and personnel selection traditionally relies on self-report questionnaires, which are susceptible to response bias, fatigue, and intentional distortion. Game-based assessment offers a promising…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-01-06 Soroush Elyasi , Arya VarastehNezhad , Fattaneh Taghiyareh

Learning Games (LGs) are educational environments based on a playful approach to learning. Their use has proven to be promising in many domains, but is at present restricted by the time consuming and costly nature of the developing process.…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2014-12-11 Iza Marfisi-Schottman , Sébastien George , Franck Tarpin-Bernard

We present "Human or Not?", an online game inspired by the Turing test, that measures the capability of AI chatbots to mimic humans in dialog, and of humans to tell bots from other humans. Over the course of a month, the game was played by…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-06-01 Daniel Jannai , Amos Meron , Barak Lenz , Yoav Levine , Yoav Shoham

Personalized gamification explores knowledge about the users to tailor gamification designs to improve one-size-fits-all gamification. The tailoring process should simultaneously consider user and contextual characteristics (e.g., activity…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2022-03-29 Luiz Rodrigues , Armando M. Toda , Wilk Oliveira , Paula T. Palomino , Julita Vassileva , Seiji Isotani

This paper investigates the integration and assessment of IntelliGame, a gamification plugin initially designed for Java development, within the realm of JavaScript unit testing. We aim to verify the generalizability of IntelliGame to…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-03-07 Philipp Straubinger , Tommaso Fulcini , Gordon Fraser , Marco Torchiano

Testing MMORPGs (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games) is a critical yet labor-intensive task in game development due to their complexity and frequent updating nature. Traditional automated game testing approaches struggle to…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-09-29 Chengjia Wang , Lanling Tang , Ming Yuan , Jiongchi Yu , Xiaofei Xie , Jiajun Bu

Classic evaluation methods of believable agents are time-consuming because they involve many human to judge agents. They are well suited to validate work on new believable behaviours models. However, during the implementation, numerous…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2010-09-03 Fabien Tencé , Cédric Buche

Many analysis and verifications tasks, such as static program analyses and model-checking for temporal logics reduce to the solution of systems of equations over suitable lattices. Inspired by recent work on lattice-theoretic progress…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2021-04-20 Paolo Baldan , Barbara König , Tommaso Padoan , Christina Mika-Michalski