Animal Controlled Computer Games: Playing Pacman Against Real Crickets
Abstract
We explore the possibilities of replacing behaviour-generating code in computer games by real-time behaviour of live animals, and the question of whether one can play computer games against animals. To experience the differences for a human between playing against an animal or against computer code, we experimented with a variant of Pac-Man where the behaviour of virtual game characters is derived from that of live crickets in a real maze. Initial results are described in this paper.
Reference
Wim van Eck and Maarten Lamers, Animal Controlled Computer Games: Playing Pacman Against Real Crickets. In: R. Harper et al. (Eds.): Int Conf on Entertainment Computing, ICEC 2006, LNCS 4161, pp 31-36. Springer (2006)