Dynamic Game Balancing: An Evaluation of User Satisfaction

User satisfaction in computer games seems to be influenced by game balance, the level of challenge faced by the user. This work presents an evaluation, performed by human players, of dynamic game balancing approaches. The results indicate that adaptive approaches are more effective. This paper also enumerates some issues encountered in evaluating users' satisfaction, in the context of games, and depicts some learned lessons.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2006
• Where: AIIDE
• Authors: Gustavo Andrade, Geber Ramalho, Alex Sandro Gomes, Vincent Corruble
• Keywords: AIIDE 2006, Artificial Intelligence, Game Balance, Game Balancing Approaches, User Satisfaction