AutoUE: Automated Generation of 3D Games in Unreal Engine via Multi-Agent Systems
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Abstract (arXiv)
Automatically generating 3D games in commercial game engines remains a non-trivial challenge, as it involves complex engine-related workflows for generating assets such as scenes, blueprints, and code. To address this challenge, we propose a novel multi-agent system, AutoUE, which coordinates multiple agents to end-to-end generate 3D games, covering model retrieval, scene generation, gameplay and interaction code synthesis, and automated game testing for evaluation. In order to mitigate tool-use hallucinations in LLMs, we introduce a retrieval-augmented generation mechanism that grounds agents with relevant UE tool documentation. Additionally, we incorporate game design patterns and engine constraints into the code generation process to ensure the generation of correct and robust code. Furthermore, we design an automated play-testing pipeline that generates and executes runtime test commands, enabling systematic evaluation of dynamic behaviors. Finally, we construct a game generation dataset and conduct a series of experiments that demonstrate AutoUE's ability to generate 3D games end-to-end, and validate the effectiveness of these designs.
Key facts. Cited by 7 papers in the map (data through 7 Oct 2026). Placed in Software engineering coding agents, one of 16 directions in LLM agents and tool use. Builds on 18 of its 32 references that are in the map. First posted on arXiv 7 Mar 2026.
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Citing papers per year: 2026: 7.
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- 2026GameCraft-Bench: Can Agents Build Playable Games End-to-End in a Real Game Engine?cited by 10
- 2026GameEngineBench: Evaluating Coding Agents on Real C++ Runtime Environmentscited by 8
- 2026GameLogicBench: Evaluating Coding Agents on Runtime Game Logic with Tick-Level State Assertionscited by 2
- 2026Agentic Visual Generation: From Generative Models to Agentic Controlcited by 0
- 2026GameASG-Bench: Benchmarking Autonomous Software Generation for Game Developmentcited by 0
- 2026CraftBench-UE: Deterministic Evaluation for Coding Agents in Unreal Enginecited by 0
- 2026SWE-Game: Can Coding Agents Build the Games We Want?cited by 0
- 2026SWE-Game: Can Coding Agents Build the Games We Want?27 Sep 2026
- 2026CraftBench-UE: Deterministic Evaluation for Coding Agents in Unreal Engine19 Sep 2026
- 2026GameLogicBench: Evaluating Coding Agents on Runtime Game Logic with Tick-Level State Assertions18 Sep 2026
- 2026GameASG-Bench: Benchmarking Autonomous Software Generation for Game Development18 Sep 2026
- 2026Agentic Visual Generation: From Generative Models to Agentic Control6 Sep 2026
- 2026GameEngineBench: Evaluating Coding Agents on Real C++ Runtime Environments3 Jul 2026
- 2026GameCraft-Bench: Can Agents Build Playable Games End-to-End in a Real Game Engine?16 Jun 2026
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