Interactive story writing is a new medium for creative expression. The story “writer” uses a computer game (such as BioWare’s Neverwinter Nights) to create an interactive st...
Jonathan Schaeffer, Mike Carbonaro, Duane Szafron,...
The unprecedented growth in numbers of children playing computer games has stimulated discussion and research regarding what, if any, educational value these games have for teachi...
Mike Carbonaro, Maria Cutumisu, Harvey Duff, Steph...
ScriptEase is a tool that allows authors with no programming experience to create interactive stories for computer role-playing games. Instead of writing scripting code manually, ...
Maria Cutumisu, Duane Szafron, Jonathan Schaeffer,...
Many computer games use custom scripts to control the ambient behaviors of non-player characters (NPCs). Therefore, a story writer must write fragments of computer code for the hun...
Maria Cutumisu, Duane Szafron, Jonathan Schaeffer,...
Simulation is a common feature in computer entertainment. However, in computer games simulation and story are often kept distinct by interleaving interactive play and cut scenes. ...