4 papers
Toxicity in Twitch Chats: An LLM-Based Analysis Across Gaming Communities
Ronja Fuchs, Florian Rupp, Timo Bertram +2
Toxicity in online gaming communities remains a persistent challenge, manifesting across genres, platforms, and player interactions. While much research is focused on in-game toxic…
Deceptive Game Design? Investigating the Impact of Visual Card Style on Player Perception
Leonie Kallabis, Timo Bertram, Florian Rupp
The visual style of game elements considerably contributes to the overall experience. Aesthetics influence player appeal, while the abilities of game pieces define their in-game fu…
Level the Level: Balancing Game Levels for Asymmetric Player Archetypes With Reinforcement Learning
Florian Rupp, Kai Eckert
Balancing games, especially those with asymmetric multiplayer content, requires significant manual effort and extensive human playtesting during development. For this reason, this…
Simulation-Driven Balancing of Competitive Game Levels with Reinforcement Learning
Florian Rupp, Manuel Eberhardinger, Kai Eckert
The balancing process for game levels in competitive two-player contexts involves a lot of manual work and testing, particularly for non-symmetrical game levels. In this work, we f…