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195

Short paper

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196

Short paper

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Full paper

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57

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95

Full paper

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215

Short paper

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222

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96

Full paper

A Study on Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment using Real-Time Stress Detection in Virtual Reality

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111

Full paper

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223

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267

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283

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200

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212

Short paper

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51

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59

Full paper

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219

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220

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72

Full paper

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76

Full paper

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221

Short paper

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225

Short paper

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228

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Fit to Fling: Genetic Prompt Optimization for the LLMs4PCG Competition

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249

Competition paper

Sound Judgment: A Multi-Year Evaluation of Audio Aesthetics and Gameplay Impact in DareFightingICE Sound Design Competition

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352

Competition paper

Can Multimodal LLMs Reason About Stability? An Exploratory Study with Insights from the LLMs4PCG Challenge

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366

Competition paper

On-Device, Diverse, Difficulty-Driven Level Generation for Match 3D Puzzles via Reinforcement Learning

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Full paper

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Full paper

IPCGRL: Language-Instructed Reinforcement Learning for Procedural Level Generation

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113

Full paper

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205

Short paper

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265

Short paper

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138

Full paper

A Case Study on User Perception of Parameterized LLM-Generated Narratives

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183

Full paper

Non-Uniform Tile Wave Function Collapse

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139

Full paper

Toward a Unified Spatial Interface for Controlling Procedural Content Generation

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280

Short paper

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330

Short paper

Codenames AI Competition

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DareFightingICE AI Competition

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DareFightingICE Sound Design Competition

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LLMs4PCG Competition

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Dice Adventure Human-AI Teaming Competition

Shreyas Ravishanker

GDMC – AI Settlement Generation Competition in Minecraft

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MicroRTS Competition

Chang Liu

Planet Wars AI Challenge

Simon Lucas

Tales of Tribute Competition

Jakub Kowalski

The Tabletop Games Balancing Competition

George Long

VGC AI Competition

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Comparative Analysis of GAT and BERT for Human-Like Playtesting

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83

Full paper

RL- and LLM-based AI Solvers for the Game of Wordle/Fibble

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103

Full paper

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104

Full paper

Framework for Generating State-Space Graphs

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296

Short paper

Generating Ensembles of Search Policies to Solve Baba Is You Levels

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297

Short paper

Quantum Checkers: The Development and Analysis of a Quantum Combinatorial Game

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107

Full paper

General Game Playing Hyper-Agents for Ludii

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110

Full paper

A Multimodal Architecture for Endpoint Position Prediction in Team-based Multiplayer Games

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114

Full paper

Pixels to Play: One Model, Any Game

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300

Short paper

Learning Representations in Video Game Agents with Supervised Contrastive Imitation Learning

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324

Short paper

A New Rules Balance Track for the Pokémon VGC AI Competition 2.0

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119

Full paper

PillagerBench: A Benchmark and Framework for LLM-Based Agents in Competitive Multi-Agent Minecraft Environments

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143

Full paper

NeuroPAL: Punctuated Anytime Learning with Neuroevolution for Macromanagement in Starcraft: Brood War

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150

Short paper

Learning Dark Souls Combat Through Pixel Input With Neuroevolution

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337

Short paper

An Empirical Evaluation of UI Element Detection in Mobile Games for Automated Testing

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340

Short paper

Sonic Doom: Enhanced Sound Design and Accessibility in a First-Person Shooter Game

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186

Full paper

NutricARe – An Augmented Reality Serious Game to Educate Type 2 Diabetics During Hospital Stays

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131

Full paper

Coin Catcher: a Mobile Serious Game to Predict the Morality Personality Trait

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157

Full paper

Designing a Narrative-Centered Game to Promote AI Literacy and Health Career Exploration

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308

Short paper

Narrui: Visual Dialogue System Tool featuring Interactive Editor Playback for Better Usability

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301

Short paper

We Never Took the Kobayashi Maru Test Until Now. What Do You Think of Our Solutions? – Journeys of the Mind Through a No-Win Game

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160

Full paper

Gameplay Evolution: A Game Design Method Based on Evolutionary Theory

Xing Sun and Hongjie Ge

164

Full paper

Prototyping Video Games for Understanding Abstract Concepts

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306

Short paper

Using Vertical Dynamics Actuators in the Car as Haptic Feedback for Entertainment Applications

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316

Short paper

Targeting Muscular Dystrophy with Serious Games for Exercise Rehabilitation based on Mixed Reality

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319

Short paper

Exploring Aim Assistance in a Foot-Based Target Shooting Game in Virtual Reality

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175

Full paper

Fostering AI Literacy through Strategic Play: A Competitive Pathfinding Game for Middle School

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287

Short paper

A Virtual Reality Serious Game to Teach about the Bullwhip Effect in Supply Chains

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326

Short paper

God’s Innovation Project – Empowering The Player With Generative AI

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333

Short paper

Designing for Engagement: A Co-Created VR Game for Upper Limb Rehabilitation

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351

Short paper

CDOPS: Complex Dynamics of Professional Squads

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85

Full paper

Investigating Complex Dynamics in Eye-Aspect-Ratio of Expert Tetris Players Using Recurrence Quantification Analysis

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87

Full paper

On the dynamics of affective states during play and the role of confusion

Thomas Volden, Oleg Jarma Montoya, Paolo Burelli and Marco Scirea

232

Short paper

AntiCheatPT: A Transformer-Based Approach to Cheat Detection in Competitive Computer Games

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261

Short paper

Evaluating Quality of Gaming Narratives Co-created with AI

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277

Short paper

Path Generation and Evaluation in Video Games: A Nonparametric Statistical Approach

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93

Full paper

Precision Under Fire: Analysis and Predictive Modeling in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

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105

Full paper

Development of a Measure of Copresence, Social Interaction, and Engagement During Online Gameplay for Older Adults with and without Mild Cognitive Impairment

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309

Short paper

Round Outcome Prediction in VALORANT Using Tactical Features from Video Analysis

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335

Short paper

PIE: Permutation-Invariant Multi-Entity Evaluation

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115

Full paper

Exploring the (Placebo) Effect of an AI-Powered Dialogue System on Player Experience

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132

Full paper

Exploring the Potential of an AI-based Twitch Moderation and Toxicity Detection Bot

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345

Short paper

Gender-Based Behavioral Patterns in Twitch Gaming Live Streamers: An Observational Study

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353

Short paper

Where are the Frontlines? A Visualization Approach for Map Control in Team-Based Games

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344

Short paper

Procedural Generation and Games at the Dawn of Fault Tolerant Quantum Computing

Daniel Bultrini and James Wootton

254

Vision paper

On the need for reproducibility guidelines for open-source games: A itch.io case study

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256

Vision paper

A Call for Deeper Collaboration between Robotics and Game Development

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307

Vision paper

Abduct, Deduct, Induct, Respawn! A Retroductive Perspective on Games

Anne Vetter and Sebastian von Mammen

364

Vision paper

Detecting Memory Editing Cheats by Validating Host Memory Integrity from GPU

Naoki Hashimoto and Soramichi Akiyama

8

Full paper

A Continual Offline Reinforcement Learning Benchmark for Navigation Tasks

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28

Full paper

Perspectives of Sound Designers on Real-Time Sound Propagation in Games

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63

Full paper

Go Game Capture and Reconstruction of Missing Moves using Deep Learning Techniques

Roman Gerloff, Manja Marz and Florian Wahl

88

Full paper

Measuring the Power Consumption of Video Games

Julien Lukasewycz and Torben Weis

121

Full paper

The Maximum Number of Sets for 12 Cards is 14

Justin Stevens, Duncan Wilson and Richard Kelley

170

Full paper

AI-Assisted Wordle Demo: Combining LLMs and Rule-Based Solvers for Enhanced Gameplay

Colin Murphy and Chang Liu

193

Modeling Conflict De-Escalation in Shakespeare through Hybrid NLP & Symbolic Approaches

Nicholas Treynor, Kyle Mitchell, Nick Toothman, Gina Bloom, Colin Milburn, Michael Neff and Joshua McCoy

334

Talking to NPCs: Three LLM-Driven Approaches to Dynamic RPG Dialogue

Emil Rimer, Rasmus Ploug, Anthon Kristian Skov Petersen and Marco Scirea

234

Voice-Controlled AI Companions for Natural Language Collaboration in a Survival Game

Kehao Liu and Fandi Meng

292

SketchTiler: Co-Creative Sketch-to-Tilemap Conversion Using Wave Function Collapse

Blythe Chen, Raven Cruz-James, Justin Lam and Jim Whitehead

339

AI4Health: A Narrative-Centered Educational Game for AI-Infused Biomedical Career Exploration

Bradford Mott, Jessica Vandenberg, Carlos Penilla, Sean Hennigan, James Lester and Elizabeth Ozer

291

Within the mirror: A narrative RPG to empathize about mental health

Isabella Garcia Merlano, Eduard Sierra-Ballen and Sandra Molano-Pacheco

320

Tone – an Interactive Music Learning Experience

Willi Schorrig, Manuel Danze, Manuel Eberhardinger and Sabiha Ghellal

347

Prompt Override: LLM Hacking as Serious Game

Roberto Gallotta, Antonios Liapis and Georgios N. Yannakakis

197