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标题：Creating Competitive Opponents for Serious Games through Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment
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作者：David Kristan ; Pedro Bessa ; Ricardo Costa 等
期刊名称：Information
电子版ISSN：2078-2489
出版年度：2020
卷号：11
期号：3
页码：156-171
DOI：10.3390/info11030156
出版社：MDPI Publishing
摘要：Competition is a basic element of our society. It drives us to rise above previously perceived limitations, increases our engagement and makes the world more interesting. Competition rewards our existing skills and prompts us to identify and improve our weaker skills. In games, player engagement is achieved, at least in part, by providing him/her with competition at the right amount of difficulty. Achieving and maintaining this exact level of challenge is one of the most difficult tasks for a game designer. The use of Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment techniques allows the game to dynamically adjust the challenge according to player performance, therefore keeping him/her always on edge, immersed and fully active. New information can then be more easily acquired, which is especially important in Serious Games. This paper describes how DDA techniques were used to create two strategic, goal-oriented computer-controlled (CC) players in order to deliver a higher level of competitiveness for the user in Transform@, a Serious Game aimed at developing entrepreneurship skills. As a result, the strength of the computer controlled player increased by more than 100%. By developing a good strategy for the AI and using DDA the game includes now a powerful opponent which has increased the engagement level of the player.
关键词：serious games; artificial intelligence; dynamic difficulty adjustment; flow zone; entrepreneurship serious games ; artificial intelligence ; dynamic difficulty adjustment ; flow zone ; entrepreneurship