Generátor úrovní pro kooperativní hru

• Thesis title in Czech: Generátor úrovní pro kooperativní hru
• Thesis title in English: Level generation for cooperative game
• Key words: generování herního obsahu|herní design|kooperativní hry|lock and key hry
• English key words: level generation|game design|cooperative game|lock and key puzzle
• Academic year of topic announcement: 2023/2024
• Thesis type: diploma thesis
• Thesis language: čeština
• Department: Department of Software and Computer Science Education (32-KSVI)
• Supervisor: Ing. Radek Richtr, Ph.D.
• Author: Tomáš Prachenský - applied
• Date of registration: 22.05.2024

Guidelines

The goal of the thesis is to create procedural generation of levels with procedurally generated multi-actor lock and key puzzles. To demonstrate this a prototype top-down game will be made to showcase the generator.

The generated multi-actor lock and key puzzles will need cooperation of both parties to solve them and progress further in the level. The generator will also be able to generate different paths for different characters.

Prototype game will be a cooperative top-down game with some form of multiplayer implemented. The multiplayer can be either local or online.

References

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van Arkel, B., Karavolos, D., & Bouwer, A. (2015, December). Procedural generation of collaborative puzzle-platform game levels. In GAME ON'2015: 16th International Conference on Intelligent Games and Simulation (pp. 87-93). Eurosis.
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Short, T., & Adams, T. (Eds.). (2017). Procedural generation in game design. CRC Press.
Ashmore, C. (2006). Key and lock puzzles in procedural gameplay.