Michael Cerny Green

Game Mechanic Alignment Theory

2021

We present a new concept called Game Mechanic Alignment theory as a way to organize game mechanics through the lens of systemic rewards and agential motivations. By disentangling player and systemic influences, mechanics may be …

Impressions of the GDMC AI Settlement Generation Challenge in Minecraft

2021 · arXiv (Cornell University)

The GDMC AI settlement generation challenge is a PCG competition about producing an algorithm that can create an "interesting" Minecraft settlement for a given map. This paper contains a collection of written experiences with this …