What are you going to do, talk me to death? exploring the narrative state in interactive entertainment

Emmett Tomai; Kenneth D Forbus

What are you going to do, talk me to death? exploring the narrative state in interactive entertainment

Emmett Tomai^*, Kenneth D Forbus

^*Corresponding author for this work

Computer Science

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Abstract

We present a case study of narrative in an interactive game environment exploring how motivating text is used to create a narrative state in the mind of the player. This state in turn lends meaning to subsequent actions. We examine a set of text blocks from the game that tell a coherent, static story over a small play area and discuss the functions that text serves and the techniques used to accomplish them. We use this as a platform to explore how the narrative state might be varied to give insight into a more interactive narrative experience.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Intelligent Narrative Technologies II - Papers from the AAAI Spring Symposium
Pages	127-132
Number of pages	6
Volume	SS-09-06
State	Published - Nov 5 2009
Event	Intelligent Narrative Technologies II - Papers from the AAAI Spring Symposium - Stanford, CA, United States Duration: Mar 23 2009 → Mar 25 2009

Other

Other	Intelligent Narrative Technologies II - Papers from the AAAI Spring Symposium
Country	United States
City	Stanford, CA
Period	3/23/09 → 3/25/09

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Artificial Intelligence

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