Exploring the Gamification of Imaginative Play and its Application to Video Game Development

提出的研究问题：1)什么是想象游戏？2)深度学习中的生成艺术、人脸和文本可以用什么方式来激发想象力？3)深度学习如何通过有趣的体验来锻炼想象力？4)当使用生成模型输出来激发想象力时，可能会有哪些有趣的体验？一种最初的方法将涉及到超休闲游戏的开发，其目的是揭示深度学习输出通过有趣的体验来激发和锻炼想象力的可能性。用户与游戏的互动将被评估，以揭示是否有想象力的游戏发生，以及这是否是由机器学习输出引起的。观察超休闲游戏中缺乏游戏化元素对项目目标是有益还是有害，将是一件令人痛苦的事情。游戏化技术，如竞争、探索和奖励（McGonigal, 2015）实际上可能会阻碍想象力的发挥。

Proposed research questions: 1) What is imaginative play? 2) What are the ways in which generative art, faces, and text in deep learning can be used to stimulate imaginative play? 3) How can deep learning help exercise the imagination via ludic experience? 4) What playful experiences are possible when using generative model outputs to provoke the imagination?An initial approach will involve the development of hyper casual games, that are designed to expose the extent to which it is possible to use deep learning outputs to provoke and exercise the imagination via ludic experience. User interaction with the games will be evaluated to reveal if imaginative play is occurring, and whether this is being provoked by the machine learning output. It will be poignant to observe whether or not the lack of gamified elements in hyper casual games is useful, or detrimental to, the goals of the project. Gamification techniques such as competition, exploration and rewards (McGonigal, 2015) may in fact hinder imaginative play.