Believable proxies of human behavior can empower interactive applications ranging from
immersive environments to rehearsal spaces for interpersonal communication to prototyping …

Georgios N. Yannakakis Julian Togelius Page 1 Artificial Intelligence and Games Georgios N.
Yannakakis Julian Togelius Page 2 Artificial Intelligence and Games Page 3 Georgios N …

Bolstered by a growing interest in simulating believable non-player characters (NPCs), work
on NPC models has spanned topics such as planning, procedural storytelling, decision …

There is a peculiar method in the area of procedural narrative called emergent narrative:
instead of automatically inventing stories or deploying authored narrative content, a system …

Over the last few decades there has been immense growth in the video game industry, and
we have seen great improvements in both graphics and audio. Unfortunately, the …

When studying the impact of interactive narratives, especially in high impact, sensitive
domains such as education and health, it is important that the narrative design as a whole is …

Abstract Papers, Please, by Lucas Pope (2013), explores the story of a customs inspector in
the fictional political regime of Arstotzka. In this paper we explore the stories, systems and …

In this paper we present GAMYGDALA, an emotional appraisal engine that enables game
developers to easily add emotions to their Non-Player Characters (NPC). Our approach …

This paper proposes a model for designing games around Artificial Intelligence (AI). AI-
based games put AI in the foreground of the player experience rather than in a supporting …

New player experiences require new game designs–and some designs only become
possible with new technology. Emergent narratives are part of existing story games but the …