Balance trucks: Using crowd-sourced data to procedurally-generate gameplay within mobile games

Mark Russell Lewis; Sylvester Arnab; Luca Morini; Samantha Clarke; Lorenz Klopfenstein; Alessandro Bogliolo; Saverio Delpriori; Alex Masters

doi:10.1109/VS-Games.2018.8493412

Balance trucks: Using crowd-sourced data to procedurally-generate gameplay within mobile games

Mark Russell Lewis, Sylvester Arnab, Luca Morini, Samantha Clarke, Lorenz Klopfenstein, Alessandro Bogliolo, Saverio Delpriori, Alex Masters

Coventry University

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Abstract

Within the field of procedural content generation (PCG) research, the use of crowd-sensing data has, until now, primarily been used as a means of collecting information and generating feedback relating to player experience within games, and game aesthetics [1], [2]. However, crowd-sensing data can offer much more, supplying a seemingly untapped font of information which may be used within the creation of unique PCG game spaces or content, whilst providing a visible outlet for the dissemination of crowd-sensed material to users. This paper examines one such use of crowd-sensed data, the creation of a game which will reside within the CROWD4ROADS (C4RS) [3] application, SmartRoadSense (SRS) [4]. The authors will open with a brief discussion of PCG. Following this, an explanation of the features and aims of the SRS application will be provided. Finally, the paper will introduce 'Balance Trucks', the SRS game, discussing the concepts behind using crowd-sensed data within its design, its development and use of PCG.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2018 10th International Conference on Virtual Worlds and Games for Serious Applications (VS-Games)
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781538671238
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/VS-Games.2018.8493412
Publication status	Published - 15 Oct 2018
Event	10th International Conference on Virtual Worlds and Games for Serious Applications, VS-Games 2018 - Wurzburg, Germany Duration: 5 Sep 2018 → 7 Sep 2018

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Name
ISSN (Electronic)	2474-0489

Conference

Conference	10th International Conference on Virtual Worlds and Games for Serious Applications, VS-Games 2018
Country	Germany
City	Wurzburg
Period	5/09/18 → 7/09/18

Keywords

Crowd-sensing
Game
Game design
Procedural content generation
Racing game
Video game

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Software
Modelling and Simulation
Computer Science Applications

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Lewis, M. R., Arnab, S., Morini, L., Clarke, S., Klopfenstein, L., Bogliolo, A., ... Masters, A. (2018). Balance trucks: Using crowd-sourced data to procedurally-generate gameplay within mobile games. In 2018 10th International Conference on Virtual Worlds and Games for Serious Applications (VS-Games) [8493412] Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/VS-Games.2018.8493412

Balance trucks : Using crowd-sourced data to procedurally-generate gameplay within mobile games. / Lewis, Mark Russell ; Arnab, Sylvester ; Morini, Luca ; Clarke, Samantha; Klopfenstein, Lorenz; Bogliolo, Alessandro; Delpriori, Saverio; Masters, Alex.

2018 10th International Conference on Virtual Worlds and Games for Serious Applications (VS-Games) . Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2018. 8493412.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding

Lewis, MR , Arnab, S , Morini, L , Clarke, S, Klopfenstein, L, Bogliolo, A, Delpriori, S & Masters, A 2018, Balance trucks: Using crowd-sourced data to procedurally-generate gameplay within mobile games. in 2018 10th International Conference on Virtual Worlds and Games for Serious Applications (VS-Games) ., 8493412, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 10th International Conference on Virtual Worlds and Games for Serious Applications, VS-Games 2018, Wurzburg, Germany, 5/09/18. https://doi.org/10.1109/VS-Games.2018.8493412

Lewis MR , Arnab S , Morini L , Clarke S, Klopfenstein L, Bogliolo A et al. Balance trucks: Using crowd-sourced data to procedurally-generate gameplay within mobile games. In 2018 10th International Conference on Virtual Worlds and Games for Serious Applications (VS-Games) . Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2018. 8493412 https://doi.org/10.1109/VS-Games.2018.8493412

Lewis, Mark Russell ; Arnab, Sylvester ; Morini, Luca ; Clarke, Samantha ; Klopfenstein, Lorenz ; Bogliolo, Alessandro ; Delpriori, Saverio ; Masters, Alex. / Balance trucks : Using crowd-sourced data to procedurally-generate gameplay within mobile games. 2018 10th International Conference on Virtual Worlds and Games for Serious Applications (VS-Games) . Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2018.

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