Title
From mechanics to meaning
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-1-2019
Abstract
—While generative approaches to game design offer great promise, systems can only reliably generate what they can “understand,” which is often represented in a limited, implicit form in hand-crafted evaluation functions or constructive rules. Proceduralist readings, a semiformal approach for interpreting the meaning of a game based on its underlying processes and interactions in conjunction with aesthetic and cultural cues, offer a novel, systematic approach to game understanding. We formalize proceduralist argumentation as a logic program that performs static reasoning over game specifications to derive higher level meanings, as part of Gemini, a bidirectional game analysis and generation system.
Recommended Citation
Summerville, Adam; Martens, Chris; Harmon, Sarah; Mateas, Michael; Osborn, Joseph; Wardrip-Fruin, Noah; and Jhala, Arnav, "From mechanics to meaning" (2019). Computer Science Faculty Publications. 37.
https://digitalcommons.bowdoin.edu/computer-science-faculty-publications/37