mtrc

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by mtrc 15y ago
That's the one. Awesome article, awesome ideas.
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by mtrc 15y ago
I think Bitcracker has some valid points, someone emailed me that I think might be him. The concerns were over my "cake recipe" metaphor, rather than evolution itself!
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by mtrc 15y ago
Are you objecting to the use of the word 'tool', or do you not consider ANGELINA to be an evolutionary process?
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by mtrc 15y ago
There was a great AIGameDev.org article recently about evolution being used to balance a tower defence game.
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by mtrc 15y ago
Well, 'real creativity' is a tough thing to pin down or talk about at the best of times. I think it can be achieved with conventional computing, but I think many people would reject it as creative even when faced with it. As you say, though
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by mtrc 15y ago
Fitness is easily the trickiest part of both projects so far. We're using co-operative co-evolution so elements of the game design are evaluated separately as well as together. For the Metroidvania, the key bit of the FF is "the play should
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by mtrc 15y ago
Evolution is a pretty cool tool. That said, it has its limitations! Inventing brand new mechanics seems to be a particularly tricky problem, for instance. Look at something as left-field as Antichamber (from this year's IGF). That takes som
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by mtrc 15y ago
Hey, I'm the guy behind ANGELINA - glad you like the project! The New Scientist game is available to play on that link, near the bottom of the article. You can also check out older games (less impressive than the one we made for NS!) over o