# Illuminating Diverse Neural Cellular Automata for Level Generation

*Source* · `src-earle-2021-nca-level-generation` · status: **n/a**

| field | value |
|---|---|
| kind | Peer-reviewed paper |
| authors | Sam Earle, Justin Snider, Matthew C. Fontaine, Stefanos Nikolaidis, Julian Togelius |
| venue | GECCO 2022 |
| date | 2021-09-12 |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2109.05489 |
| arxiv | 2109.05489 |
| accessed | 2026-10-24 |
| notes | CMA-ME quality-diversity search over NCA generators for maze, Sokoban and Zelda levels; NCAs explore level space better than a CPPN baseline. |

## Backlinks (computed)

**cited by:** [Neural cellular automata](../technique/neural-cellular-automata.md)

## Citation

Sam Earle, Justin Snider, Matthew C. Fontaine, Stefanos Nikolaidis, Julian Togelius (2021-09-12). *Illuminating Diverse Neural Cellular Automata for Level Generation*. GECCO 2022 https://arxiv.org/abs/2109.05489

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