Essays about: "designing tower"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words designing tower.

  1. 1. Improving player experience using Flow in Tower Defense game Daidala : A case study on improving Flow according to Sweetser & Wyeth's GameFlow criteria

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för speldesign

    Author : Mario Palleschi; Isak Larsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Flow; GameFlow; Quality Assurance; Qualitative Comparative Analysis; Research through Design;

    Abstract : Using a Research through Design approach, this research aims to utilize the criteria of Flow outlined by Csikszentmihályi in Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (2014) and later adapted to videogames by Sweetser & Wyeth in GameFlow: a model for evaluating player enjoyment in games (2005) to improve the Tower Defense game Daidala by increasing players’ time spent in a state of Flow. This serves to provide future game designers with an example of how this model and these concepts can be applied when designing and developing a game. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Tower: Design of Distinct AI Personalities in Stealth-Based Games Modeling personalities with believable and consistent behaviour for NPCs in games using stealth gameplay style

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för data- och informationsteknik

    Author : Marek Cernák; Lianoudakis Orestis; [2021-03-03]
    Keywords : stealth gameplay; games research; AI; NPC; autonomous agents; personality modeling; thesis;

    Abstract : Computer games using stealth situations for defining their gameplay often rely on modeling an immersive, yet exploitable non-player character behaviour. Traditionally, the aim of the design of such a behaviour is to provide players with memorable behaviour patterns of the in-game agents in order to facilitate the means of devising strategies used by players to finish the game levels. READ MORE

  4. 3. Invisible Bricks: urban places for social wellbeing : a lived experience of place in the London borough of Tower Hamlets, UK

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of People and Society

    Author : Hannah Arnett; [2019]
    Keywords : social sustainability; environmental sustainability; social wellbeing; place attachment; social cognitive theory; green space; safety; urban Mind; London; urban planning; sustainable cities;

    Abstract : Social sustainability in urban places is undervalued in urban planning due to the intangible nature of the concept. By valuing lived experiences of place, this research connects social and environmental sustainability pillars to support planning for socioenvironmental justice from a citizen’s perspective. READ MORE

  5. 4. Beamforming Solutions for Efficient Link Setup and Link Maintenance in mmWave Communication Systems

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för elektro- och informationsteknik

    Author : Hesham Sharkas; Haruhi Echigo; [2019]
    Keywords : 5G; Beamforming; Beam-forming; Beam Management; Beam Searching; Beam Sweeping; Codebook; code-book; Initial Access; MIMO; MillimeterWave; millimeter wave; mmWave; mm-Wave; mm Wave; Precoding; Slepian Beam; Synthesizer; Beam Synthesizer; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Millimeter wave (mmWave band) technology has gained a lot of attention in 5G communications, due to large amounts of spectrum being available in the mmWave frequency range. However, mmWave links suffer from severe free-space loss and atmospheric absorption. READ MORE

  6. 5. Development of an integrated tool to design, estimate cost and calculate annual performances of a solar power tower

    University essay from KTH/Kraft- och värmeteknologi

    Author : Emil Blampain; [2018]
    Keywords : Solar power tower; EBSILON®Professional; Modelling; Molten salt; Design methodology; Cost estimation; Annual performance; Soltorn; EBSILON®Professional; Modellering; Smält salt; Designmetodik; Kostnadsberäkning; Årlig prestanda.;

    Abstract : This Master Thesis consisted in realizing a tool able to design, estimate the cost and calculate annual yields of a molten salt solar power tower. Such tool was made for a company providing CSP equipment and plant solutions for engineering, engineering and procurement or also EPC of a solar power tower. READ MORE