10 Years of the PCG workshop: Past and Future Trends

TL;DR

This paper reviews a decade of the PCG workshop, analyzing 95 papers to identify key research trends and topics in procedural content generation over ten years.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview and survey of the research topics and trends in procedural content generation from 2010 to 2020.

Findings

Identification of key research themes in PCG over ten years

Analysis of publication trends and topic evolution

Highlighting emerging areas in procedural content generation

Abstract

As of 2020, the international workshop on Procedural Content Generation enters its second decade. The annual workshop, hosted by the international conference on the Foundations of Digital Games, has collected a corpus of 95 papers published in its first 10 years. This paper provides an overview of the workshop's activities and surveys the prevalent research topics emerging over the years.