FearNot! – An Experiment in Emergent Narrative

Aylett, Ruth; Louchart, Sandy; Dias, João; Paiva, Ana; Vala, Marco

doi:10.1007/11550617_26

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“…While in synthetic characters emotions have become part of the processes that generate the character's behavior [7], thanks to the adoption of specialized models of emotional appraisal and coping issued by psychology [3], the role of emotions in the interactive generation of the plot has focussed on the engagement curves of Façade [11] and the emotional trajectories of emergent narrative (see the historical perspective in [10]). In the interactive drama Façade, the generation of the story was driven by a function that kept the emotional engagement of the user close to a target curve; in the Distributed Dramatic Management of the Emergent Narrative [20], predetermined emotional trajectories were employed as a metric for dramatic impact in the selection of characters' actions.…”

Section: Emotional Systems In Interactive Storytellingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Thinning the Fourth Wall with Intelligent Prompt

Damiano

Lombardo

Pizzo

2017

Interactive Storytelling

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Abstract. This paper presents a digitally enhanced model of performeraudience communion in an interactive storytelling setting, based on an intelligent prompt system. The audience response is taken into account through emotion detection; the performer decides about her/his attitude towards the audience. The intelligent prompt advises the performer about how to continue the story. The model, named DoPPioGioco ("DoublePlay"), has been implemented as a prototype system, a virtual environment that realizes a feedback loop between the performer and audience.

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Section: Emotional Systems In Interactive Storytellingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Thinning the Fourth Wall with Intelligent Prompt

Damiano

Lombardo

Pizzo

2017

Interactive Storytelling

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“…With reference to the Narrative Paradox described in [1], authoring Emergent Narrative necessarily involves relinquishing some authorial control as compared to plot-centric approaches [3]. We, however, believe that previous approaches to Emergent Narrative have required the author to relinquish too much control; that there are certain elements the author can control without interfering with the emergent properties of the scenario.…”

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Distributed Drama Management: Beyond Double Appraisal in Emergent Narrative

Weallans

Louchart

Aylett

2012

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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Abstract. In this technical paper, we describe an implementation of Distributed Drama Management (DDM). DDM is a concept which involves synthetic actor agents in an Emergent Narrative scenario acting on both an in-character level, which reflects the concerns of the characters, and an out-of-character level, which reflects the concerns of a storyteller. By selecting the most "dramatically appropriate" action from a set of autonomously proposed actions, Distributed Drama Management aims to retain the benefits of Emergent Narrative such as believability and agility of response to user actions, but attempts to provide a structurally and emotionally consistent experience.

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“…In addition, few researchers recognized the utility of user modeling on drama management as a facilitator of conflict and drama [5,13,14,15]. There are several research projects that explored different types of interactive narrative experiences, such as emergent narrative and third-person interaction models [16,17].…”

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“…Very few researchers focused on empirically evaluating the interactive narrative experience. From these few empirical studies, there are some who adopted a quantitative method evaluating their interactive narrative experience through likert scale questionnaires gauging specific areas of interest [16,15]. Quantitative methods have several disadvantages, however, including constraining participants" responses to the questions posed.…”

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Looking at the Interactive Narrative Experience through the Eyes of the Participants

Milam

El-Nasr

Wakkary

2006

Interactive Storytelling

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Abstract. The topic of interactive narrative has been under research for many years. While there has been much research exploring the development of new algorithms that enable and enhance interactive narratives, there has been little research focusing on the question of how players understand and internalize their interactive narrative experiences. This paper addresses this problem through conducting a phenomenological study on participants playing Façade; we specifically chose a phenomenological methodology due to its emphasis on the participants" lived experience from the participants" viewpoint. We chose Façade, because it is the only accessible example of an experience that revolves around social relationships, conflict, and drama as its core mechanics. In this paper, we discuss sixteen themes that resulted from the analysis of the data gathered through the study. In addition, we reflect on these themes discussing their relationship to participants" backgrounds, and project implications on the design of future interactive narratives.

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FearNot! – An Experiment in Emergent Narrative

Cited by 208 publications

References 11 publications

Thinning the Fourth Wall with Intelligent Prompt

Thinning the Fourth Wall with Intelligent Prompt

Distributed Drama Management: Beyond Double Appraisal in Emergent Narrative

Looking at the Interactive Narrative Experience through the Eyes of the Participants

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