IEEE Transactions on Games, Volume 16, Issue 4, December 2024

1) Guest Editorial: Special Issue on Human Centered AI in Game Evaluation

Author(s): Alena Denisova, Diego Perez-Liebana, Vanessa Volz, Julian Frommel, Sahar Asadi

Pages: 742 - 745

2) Video-Based Engagement Estimation of Game Streamers: An Interpretable Multimodal Neural Network Approach

Author(s): Sicheng Pan, Gary J. W. Xu, Kun Guo, Seop Hyeong Park, Hongliang Ding

Pages: 746 - 757

3) Cultural Insights in Souls-Like Games: Analyzing Player Behaviors, Perspectives, and Emotions Across a Multicultural Context

Author(s): Sicheng Pan, Gary J. W. Xu, Kun Guo, Seop Hyeong Park, Hongliang Ding

Pages: 758 - 769

4) Predicting Wargame Outcomes and Evaluating Player Performance From an Integrated Strategic and Operational Perspective

Author(s): Yusheng Sun, Yuxiang Sun, Jiahui Yu, Yuanbai Li, Xianzhong Zhou

Pages: 770 - 782

5) Improving Conditional Level Generation Using Automated Validation in Match-3 Games

Author(s): Monica Villanueva Aylagas, Joakim Bergdahl, Jonas Gillberg, Alessandro Sestini, Theodor Tolstoy, Linus Gisslén

Pages: 783 - 792

6) AstroBug: Automatic Game Bug Detection Using Deep Learning

Author(s): Elham Azizi, Loutfouz Zaman

Pages: 793 - 806

7) Using Reinforcement Learning to Generate Levels of Super Mario Bros. With Quality and Diversity

Author(s): SangGyu Nam, Chu-Hsuan Hsueh, Pavinee Rerkjirattikal, Kokolo Ikeda

Pages: 807 - 820

8) A Framework for Predicting the Impact of Game Balance Changes Through Meta Discovery

Author(s): Akash Saravanan, Matthew Guzdial

Pages: 821 - 830

9) More Human-Like Gameplay by Blending Policies From Supervised and Reinforcement Learning

Author(s): Tatsuyoshi Ogawa, Chu-Hsuan Hsueh, Kokolo Ikeda

Pages: 831 - 843

10) A Progress-Based Algorithm for Interpretable Reinforcement Learning in Regression Testing

Author(s): Pablo Gutiérrez-Sánchez, Marco A. Gómez-Martín, Pedro A. González-Calero, Pedro P. Gómez-Martín

Pages: 844 - 853

11) Multimodal Measurement of Cognitive Load in a Video Game Context: A Comparative Study Between Subjective and Objective Metrics

Author(s): Emma J. Pretty, Renan Guarese, Chloe A. Dziego, Haytham M. Fayek, Fabio Zambetta

Pages: 854 - 867

12) Understanding Fear Responses and Coping Mechanisms in VR Horror Gaming: Insights From Semistructured Interviews

Author(s): He Zhang, Xinyang Li, Xinyi Fu, Christine Qiu, Jiyuan Zhang, John M. Carroll

Pages: 868 - 881

13) Procedural Generation of Rollercoasters

Author(s): Jonathan Campbell, Clark Verbrugge

Pages: 882 - 891

14) Nested Wave Function Collapse Enables Large-Scale Content Generation

Author(s): Yuhe Nie, Shaoming Zheng, Zhan Zhuang, Julian Togelius

Pages: 892 - 902

15) Simulation-Driven Balancing of Competitive Game Levels With Reinforcement Learning

Author(s): Florian Rupp, Manuel Eberhardinger, Kai Eckert

Pages: 903 - 913

16) DanZero+: Dominating the GuanDan Game Through Reinforcement Learning

Author(s): Youpeng Zhao, Yudong Lu, Jian Zhao, Wengang Zhou, Houqiang Li

Pages: 914 - 926

17) STEP: A Framework for Automated Point Cost Estimation

Author(s): George E.M. Long, Diego Perez-Liebana, Spyridon Samothrakis

Pages: 927 - 936

18) Procedural Level Generation in Educational Games From Natural Language Instruction

Author(s): Vikram Kumaran, Dan Carpenter, Jonathan Rowe, Bradford Mott, James Lester

Pages: 937 - 946

19) Exploring Gameplay and Learning in a Narrative-Centered Digital Game for Elementary Science Education

Author(s): Seung Lee, Bradford Mott, Jessica Vandenberg, Hiller A. Spires, James Lester

Pages: 947 - 959

20) Neural Network-Based Information Set Weighting for Playing Reconnaissance Blind Chess

Author(s): Timo Bertram, Johannes Fürnkranz, Martin Müller

Pages: 960 - 970

21) The First ChatGPT4PCG Competition

Author(s): Febri Abdullah, Pittawat Taveekitworachai, Mury F. Dewantoro, Ruck Thawonmas, Julian Togelius, Jochen Renz

Pages: 971 - 980

22) The Effects of Social Presence on Gaze, Movement, Arousal and Blink Rate in Autism: A Cooperative Virtual Reality Game-Based Approach

Author(s): Trent Simmons, Joseph Snider, Leanne Chukoskie

Pages: 981 - 992

23) PyTAG: Tabletop Games for Multiagent Reinforcement Learning

Author(s): Martin Balla, George E. M. Long, James Goodman, Raluca D. Gaina, Diego Perez-Liebana

Pages: 993 - 1002