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Establishing Competitive Domination Cycles for Peer-to-peer Game Combat
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posted on 2013-01-01, 00:00 authored by Owen MakinOwen Makin, Shaun BangayShaun BangayGames require balance to be fair and enjoyable. In two player combat settings balance can be achieved by ensuring that both units are equally capable. The possibility of alliances changes the nature of balance when additional players are introduced. One approach to achieving balance is to use a domination loop between agents in a rock, scissors, paper style approach. This paper investigates whether such loops exist within the existing rules of game combat. Search processes within the attribute space of the game units are used to identify loops within an existing game architecture. A dominance metric is used to identify cycles where the victory is achieved by a clear threshold. Cycles with up to 5 players are demonstrated, although larger cycles require more effort to find. Use of models of game play and attribute space search are recommended as a mechanism for balancing games of this format.
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International IEEE Consumer Electronic Society Games Innovation Conference (5th : 2013 : Vancouver, BC, Canada)Pagination
1 - 5Publisher
IEEELocation
Vancouver, BC, CanadaPlace of publication
New York, NYPublisher DOI
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2013-09-23End date
2013-09-25ISSN
2166-6741ISBN-13
9781479912445Language
engPublication classification
E1 Full written paper - refereedCopyright notice
2013, IEEEEditor/Contributor(s)
N GershonTitle of proceedings
Proceedings of the 5th International IEEE Consumer Electronic Society Games Innovation Conference; IGIC 2013Usage metrics
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