Towards an architecture for intelligent control of narrative in interactive virtual worlds

ABSTRACT

The creation of novel, engaging and dynamic interactive stories presents a unique challenge to the designers of systems for interactive entertainment, education and training. Unlike conventional narrative media, an interactive narrative-based system may be required to generate its own story structure, determine the appropriate interface elements to use to convey the storys action and manage the effective interaction of a user within the story as it plays out. Here we describe the architecture of the Mimesis system, which integrates a 3D graphical gaming environment with intelligent techniques for generating and controlling interaction with and within a narrative in order to create an engaging and coherent user experience

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  I. Computing Methodologies
  I.2 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
      I.2.8 Problem Solving, Control Methods, and Search
          Subjects: Plan execution, formation, and generation

General Terms:
Algorithms, Design, Theory

Keywords:
computer games, embodied agents, interactive narrative, planning