Supervised Theses

I am interested in supervising projects and theses on the area of Artificial Intelligence, Game Design, and their intersection such as PCG or Mixed-Initiative Co-Creative tools, as well as projects using emerging technologies such as VR or AR. Usually, I conduct supervision as weekly group supervision where students can help and learn from each other while also peer-reviewing each other's chapters (every 2-3 weeks), and having individual supervision sessions when needed.

I try to improve and adapt my supervision and teaching with what I learn overtime and what work and doesn't work. If you want to discuss supervision/teaching methods or have any thoughts on alternative ways on doing so, I would love to chat and discuss about it. If you are interested in co-supervising bachelor or master students with some industry or academic project feel free to contact me as well! at: alberto dot alvarez at mau dot se

Thus far, I have supervised and co-supervised 25 theses, 5 M.Sc theses and 20 CS bachelor theses, and examined as many. You can find them below:

Master Student Theses

BloodBowl 2 race clustering by different playstyles
Tadas Ivanauskas
Malmö University, 2020
[  ml  game-design  bloodbowl2  ]
Developing a 5v5 Framework for DotA 2 Bot Competition
Kalle Lindqvist and Dennis Nilsson
Malmö University, 2020
[  framework  dota-ii  ]
Winner Prediction of Blood Bowl 2 Matches with Binary Classification
Andreas Guftafsson
Malmö University, 2019
[  ml  bloodbowl2  ]

A Study on Fitness Functions and Their Impact in PCG
Simon Johansson
Malmö University, 2018
[  pcg  evaluation  edd  ]
A Study on Mixed-Initiative for Fostering Creativity in Game Design
Chelsi Mutya Nuevo Nolasco and Axel Österman
Malmö University, 2018
[  pcg  mixed-initiative  edd  ]

Undergrad Student Theses

Exploring procedural generation of planets: Developing a tool to create spherical worlds
Filip Tripkovic
Malmö University, 2023
[  pcg  planet-generation  ]
How an AI colleague affect the experiance of content creation
Gustaf Larsson and Valter Lindecrantz
Malmö University, 2023
[  human-ai_collaboration  ai-colleague  CLAPPY  ]
Developing a Roguelike Deckbuilding Design Tool with Slay the Spire Modding API
Hoang Luu
Malmö University, 2023
[  SlayTheSpire  Framework  Design-Tool  ]

Exploring the aesthetical qualities of scaled game maps through Human-AI Collaboration
Petter Rignell and Christian Sjösvärd
Malmö University, 2023
[  pcg  edd  scale-levels  ]
AI as a Creative Colleague in Game Level Design
Tinnea Larsson
Malmö University, 2022
[  pcg  human-ai_collaboration  edd  ]
AI-Assisted Authorship
Adam Ovilius and Oskar Kylvåg
Malmö University, 2022
[  pcg  narrative-generation  edd  ]

Training Neural Networks for a Slay the Spire Recommendation System
Axel Holm and Olof Takman
Malmö University, 2022
[  ml  game-playing  slay-the-spire  ]
QuestStories - Quest and Narrative, The Role of the NPC
Jesper Larsson and Axel Hammer
Malmö University, 2021
[  pcg  quest-generation  edd  ]
Tyst i (Zoom)klassen! Hur den plötsliga övergången till distansundervisning vid Malmö Universitet påverkat interaktionen mellan lärare och studenter
Agnes Hägnestrand and Malin Hällström
Malmö University, 2021
[  methodology  covid-19  ]

Using machine learning to help find paths through the map in Slay the Spire
Nils Hansson and Oscar Porenius
Malmö University, 2021
[  ml  game-design  slay-the-spire  ]
Are you lucky or skilled in Slay the Spire? An analysis of randomness
Johan Andersson and Mikolaj Trojanowski
Malmö University, 2021
[  game-design  slay-the-spire  ]
To Make Sense of Dungeons: Developing procedural narrative for EDD with the help of macro patterns
Alexander Flodhag and Simon Tolinsson
Malmö University, 2020
[  pcg  edd  ]

Exploring Procedural Generation of Buildings
David Täljsten
Malmö University, 2020
[  pcg  level-design  ]
Mixed-Initiative Quest Generation: A Mixed-Initiative quest tool for the Evolutionary Dungeon Designer
Eric Grevillius and Elin Olsson
Malmö University, 2020
[  pcg  mixed-initiative  quest-generation  edd  ]
Comparing Evaluation Heuristics with Human Testers
David Skiöld and Kristian Toro
Malmö University, 2020
[  pcg  level-design-metrics  edd  ]

Intuitive Interface for Pattern Recognition in Virtual Reality
Patrik Nilsson and Jack Lewitan Stålnacke
Malmö University, 2020
[  vr  pattern-detection  ]
Automated Playtesting of Dungeons using Goal Oriented Action Planning with modified Goal Selection
David Terins and Martin Mossberg
Malmö University, 2019
[  pcg  automated-evaluation  ]
Using augmented reality to improve and teach rules in physical board games
Mattias Lindholm and Victor Jelmlin
Malmö University, 2019
[  ar  board-games  ]

Augmented Reality Navigation Compared to 2D Based Navigation
Pontus Knutsson and Oskar Georgsson
Malmö University, 2019
[  ar  navigation  ]
Subtly Influencing Gaze Direction Using a Handheld Augmented Reality Device
Sofia Larsson and Jimmy Åkesson
Malmö University, 2019
[  ar  subtle-guidance  ]