# A Video Game Description Language for Model-based or Interactive Learning

*Source* · `src-schaul-2013-video-game-description-language` · status: **n/a**

| field | value |
|---|---|
| kind | Peer-reviewed paper |
| authors | Tom Schaul |
| venue | IEEE Conference on Computational Intelligence in Games (CIG 2013) |
| date | 2013 |
| url | https://schaul.site44.com/publications/pyvgdl.pdf |
| accessed | 2026-10-31 |

## Notes

Author's PDF. PyVGDL describes a 2D arcade-style game by a sprite set, a level mapping, an interaction set (the effect when two sprite types collide) and a termination set, drawing on an ontology of building blocks; its library parses and instantly plays a description and gives learning and planning agents visual or abstract observations. The venue is from the py-vgdl README (github.com/schaul/py-vgdl).

## Citation

Tom Schaul (2013). *A Video Game Description Language for Model-based or Interactive Learning*. IEEE Conference on Computational Intelligence in Games (CIG 2013) https://schaul.site44.com/publications/pyvgdl.pdf

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