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Simulation Minus One Makes a Game

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Applications of Evolutionary Computing (EvoWorkshops 2009)

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This paper presents a way to develop a game using an artificial chemistry. An artificial chemistry is an abstract model of chemical system. It is used in the research field of artificial life. We develop a roguelike game using an artificial chemistry with a specific approach, which we propose in this paper: first, we build a system to simulate the world of a roguelike game; then we remove a part of the system to make it a game. A small set of rules in the artificial chemistry is able to define the simulation, and removing a rule makes it a game. This shows the effectiveness of the present approach in developing a certain type of game using the artificial chemistry.

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  1. School of Computer Science, Tokyo University of Technology, 1401-1 Katakura, Hachioji, Tokyo, 192-0982, Japan

    Noriyuki Amari & Kazuto Tominaga

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  1. Department of Animal Production Epidemiology and Ecology, University of Torino, Via Leonardo da Vinci 44, 10095, Grugliasco, Italy

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  2. Quinn School of Business, Belfield, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland

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  3. Department of Computer Engineering, University of Parma, Viale Usberti 181/a, 43100, Parma, Italy

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  4. Dalla Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence (IDSIA), Gallelria 2, 6928, Manno-Lugano, Switzerland

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  5. School of Engineering and Applied Science,Aston Triangle, Aston University, B4 7ET, Birmingham, UK

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  6. Complex Adaptive Systems Group, Instituto Tecnológico de Informática, Ciudad PolitŽcnica de la Innovacin, Edif. 8G Acceso B, 46022, Valencia, Spain

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  7. Next Generation Itelligent Networks Research Center (nexGIN RC), National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences (NUCES), Islamabad, Pakistan

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  8. Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, Helmut-Schmidt-University, Holstenhofweg 85, 22043, Hamburg, Germany

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  9. Department of Informatics Engineering, Polo II - Pinhal de Marrocos, University of Coimbra, 3030 - 290, Coimbra, Portugal

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Amari, N., Tominaga, K. (2009). Simulation Minus One Makes a Game. In: Giacobini, M., et al. Applications of Evolutionary Computing. EvoWorkshops 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5484. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-01129-0_31

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