TY  - JOUR
U1  - Zeitschriftenartikel, wissenschaftlich - begutachtet (reviewed)
A1  - Korn, Oliver
A1  - Blatz, Michael
A1  - Rees, Adrian
A1  - Schaal, Jakob
A1  - Schwind, Valentin
A1  - Görlich, Daniel
ED  - Lee, Newton
T1  - Procedural Content Generation for Game Props? A Study on the Effects on User Experience
JF  - Computers in Entertainment (CIE) - Theoretical and Practical Computer Applications in Entertainment
N2  - This work demonstrates the potentials of procedural content generation (PCG) for games, focusing on the generation of specific graphic props (reefs) in an explorer game. We briefly portray the state-of-the-art of PCG and compare various methods to create random patterns at runtime. Taking a step towards the game industry, we describe an actual game production and provide a detailed pseudocode implementation showing how Perlin or Simplex noise can be used efficiently. In a comparative study, we investigate two alternative implementations of a decisive game prop: once created traditionally by artists and once generated by procedural algorithms. 41 test subjects played both implementations. The analysis shows that PCG can create a user experience that is significantly more realistic and at the same time perceived as more aesthetically pleasing. In addition, the ever-changing nature of the procedurally generated environments is preferred with high significance, especially by players aged 45 and above.
KW  - Procedural Content Generation
KW  - Games
KW  - Computer Games
KW  - Procedural Content Generation
KW  - Games
KW  - Computer Games
KW  - Game Design
KW  - Computerspiele
Y1  - 2017
UN  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:ofb1-opus4-26503
UR  - https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2974026
SN  - 1544-3574
SS  - 1544-3574
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1145/2974026
DO  - https://doi.org/10.1145/2974026
VL  - 15
IS  - 2
SP  - 1:1
EP  - 1:15
ER  -