The use of narrative generation methods in games is a complex challenge that involves
multiple problems of plot-based processes integrated with character-based methods …

We present a study that investigates the heretofore unexplored relationship between a
player's sense of her narrative role in an interactive narrative role-playing game and the …

Player agency is central to interactive narrative and games. While previous work focuses on
analyzing player perception of agency through various lenses and phenomena, like …

Choice poetics is a formalist framework that seeks to concretely describe the impacts
choices have on player experiences within narrative games. Developed in part to support …

In this paper, we present a novel character-based model for interactive storytelling in games,
which combines multi-agent planning with a drama management strategy based on …

In automatically generated interactive narratives (INs) with strong story structure, there is
often a tension between player choice and author constraints. This tension arises when the …

The controversy surrounding the ending of Mass Effect 3 serves as a case study of a
company's rejection of cocreation with customers. The game designers and players battled …

Ever since the advent of computers there have been research efforts to emulate
computationally the way in which people can create stories. Artificial intelligence (AI) and the …

Interactivity and player experience are inextricably entwined with the creation of compelling
narratives for interactive digital media. Narrative shapes and buttresses many such …

Academic discussion about agency has shifted towards agency as something the player
perceives, rather than necessarily involving visible and lasting effects within a storygame …