Tiny Alchemy (Combinatorial Discovery)
Compositionality Brändle, Stocks, Tenenbaum, Gershman & Schulz (2023) — Empowerment contributes to exploration behaviour in a creative video game, Nature Human BehaviourDiscover new elements by combining pairs of elements from your inventory. Start with 4 base elements (water, fire, earth, air) and try to find as many of the 536 derivable elements as possible within the time cap. Tests combinatorial discovery, empowerment-driven exploration (preference for elements that participate in many recipes), and the discovery-rate decay curve.
Parameters
Trials
80
Response Type
Keyboard
Response Deadline
60000ms