Use of the Information Gap on Deckbuilding in Hearthstone

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10.2991/978-2-38476-222-4_66How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Collectible Card Game; Deckbuilding; Hearthstone; Information Gap

Abstract

In collectable card games, players need to decide which cards they can use during the real game. This process is called deckbuilding, and the total choices of cards could be dozens of times more than the deck capacity. It is difficult to construct a good deck due to the large search space. Many authors have devoted effort to finding the hidden correlations between cards. After all, Hearthstone is a player versus player (pvp) game, and the opponent’s behaviour is nonnegligible. Taking the opponent’s thoughts into consideration increases the complexity exponentially. This paper explores a way of deckbuilding that takes psychological advantage of other players in order to increase the win rate or provide more fun. Several experienced and competitive players will be interviewed. They will be provided with the outcome and performance of such a deck, and their opinions on several aspects will be recorded. Their thoughts indicate the potential and feasibility of this new deckbuilding method to a large extent.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Xiwei Wang
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/03/26
TI  - Use of the Information Gap on Deckbuilding in Hearthstone
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Culture, Design and Social Development (CDSD 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 535
EP  - 542
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-222-4_66
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-222-4_66
ID  - Wang2024
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