Developing an AI that can automatically design videogames
This is the first in a short series of posts about No Man’s Sky and the future of procedural generation. Procedural generation has been around for a long, long time now. We are approaching the 40th…
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A Puzzling Present is finally out! The festive platformer I’ve been working on this month is now available on Android, Windows, Mac and Linux, and it’s completely free! Click the present to go to the…
Later this month, deadlines permitting, I’ll be releasing a game for desktop platforms and Android called A Puzzling Present. It’ll be a Christmas-themed platform game, with game mechanics and level design by the new Mechanic Miner…
I was a bit hesitant about some of the games coming out of ANGELINA over the last fortnight. In particular, it became obvious to me that the more autonomous the system became the higher the…
The first game from the AIIDE run of game generation is up. It’s called The Conservation of Emily and it’s based on an article about UK politicians being involved in illegal logging companies. If you’d like…
I’ve had real problems getting the arcade games running anywhere outside of my development environment, so I set today aside to remedy that and I can finally offer up what I think is a working version…
I’ve finally added in some rudimentary AI hooks, which has let me finish off Space Invaders and move on with the game engine. You can download and play Space Invaders here as a runnable JAR.…
With the paper now submitted to EvoStar, all that remains is for me to say thanks to all that helped out, and wish you the best for Christmas. I’ll be taking a hiatus to go…
You can now play a single-level sample game from ANGELINA. It’s a small level from a single run of the system, onto which I added some bells and whistles (like a title screen and an…
It took me a week or so longer than I wanted, but I finally have something playable to offer up. Below is an early run from the new ANGELINAÂ system, this time designing platform games. It’s…