4.1. Data Types and Logging

Overview

This unit introduces the basics of game telemetry events, as well as how to work with this event data, which is fundamental to the OpenGameData infrastructure. It also introduces the terminology around “features” of gameplay, which are derived from the event data through aggregation.

Chapter 1 describes the Event data type used by the various OpenGameData tools and libraries, and should give you a full understanding of what events are, within OpenGameData. Further, it will help you understand how to interpret and work with event data from a game. Chapters 2 and 3 describe the process of adding event logging to an existing game.

The latter chapters of the unit concern aggregated “feature” data. It will describe the different levels of aggregation that appear in derived features generated through the OpenGameData Core pipeline, which are among the datasets distributed on the OpenGameData website.

Data Types and Logging

• Event Logging Setup
• Event Schemas
• OGD Databases