Game Jam Resources

If you are new to exploring and implementing AI in your projects, this page will have everything you need to know to get started. Thank you to the Games Den and Dr. Matthew Guzdial and Kristen Yu for compiling this list of key resources and tools!

University of Alberta's Games Den

Visit this guide for resources and suggestions from the Games Den.

Games Den Jam Resources

Tutorials & Repositories

Unity ML Agents

AUTOMATED GAME-PLAYING/RL FOR GAME CHARACTERS

Creating responsive and intelligent virtual players and non-playable game characters is hard.

With Unity Machine Learning Agents (ML-Agents), you are teaching intelligent agents to “learn” through a combination of deep reinforcement learning and imitation learning. (As per Unity.)

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ProcJam Resources

PROCEDURAL GENERATION
TUTORIALS

Procedural generation can be tricky to get started with, so here you can find a list of useful and cool tutorials that show you a new idea or help you get started with a new technology! (As per ProcJam.)

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WaveFunctionCollapse

A COMMONLY USED ML APPROACH IN INDIE GAMES

This is a GitHub repository for WaveFunctionCollapse. This program generates bitmaps that are locally similar to the input bitmap. (As per Maxim Gumin.)

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Academic Examples I

GENERATIVE AI/PCG
VIA ML IN GAMES

Some introductory-level machine learning projects that make use of the Video Game Level Corpus.

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Academic Examples II

GENERATIVE AI/PCG
VIA ML IN GAMES

Examples of: WaveFunctionCollapse-Level-Generation, SequenceRNN-Card-Generation, and GridBased-Level-Generation. (Via PCGML-Book.)

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Datasets

AI Game Jam Examples

This is a 7-day game jam, focused on using simple or complex AI techniques for the design and mechanics of games. It is hosted by the YouTube channel AI and Games.

(October 21, 2022 to October 28, 2022)

AI and Games Jam 2022

This is a 7-day game jam, focused on using simple or complex AI techniques for the design and mechanics of games. It is hosted by the YouTube channel AI and Games.

(May 28, 2021 to June 4, 2021)

AI and Games Jam 2021

AGJ 2021 itch.io

AIJAM was a 9 day game jam March 21-29, 2015 focused on making games where artificial intelligence is the core mechanic. AIJAM is open to anyone and everyone interested in experimenting with AI in games.

AI Game Jam

AIJAM 2015 itch.io

Talks

Here are a couple of industry resources that you can search for talks related to AI and games.

Game Developers Conference

The Game Developers Conference (GDC) is the game industry's premier professional event, championing game developers and the advancement of their craft. GDC brings the game development community together to exchange ideas, solve problems, and shape the future of the industry.

Roguelike
Celebration

The Roguelike Celebration is a yearly community-generated weekend of talks, games, and conversations about roguelikes and related topics, including procedural generation and game design. It's for fans, players, developers, scholars, and everyone else!

Game Jam Resources

University of Alberta's Games Den

Tutorials & Repositories

Unity ML Agents

ProcJam Resources

WaveFunctionCollapse

Academic Examples I

Academic Examples II

Datasets

Classic NES-Era Levels

Angry Birds

Sokoban

Magic: The Gathering

AI Game Jam Examples

Talks

Game Developers Conference

Roguelike Celebration

Roguelike
Celebration