Facilitating open plot structures in story driven video games using situation generation

Gordon Brown; David J. King

Facilitating open plot structures in story driven video games using situation generation

Gordon Brown, David J. King

Department of Games and Arts

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Abstract

Story driven video games are rising in popularity, along with the players desire to make meaningful choice within the plot and therefore become more involved and immersed within the experience. This paper investigates the problems which arise from implementing interactive narrative within video games and potential techniques to solve those problems. The main focus of the study was the situation generation technique, used to maintain the continuity within open, emergent plot structures, using behaviour trees as a means to implement and traverse plot sequences. The ISGEngine was developed during the course of this study in order to implement and evaluate the situation generation technique.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of GAMEON 2012
Subtitle of host publication	13th International Conference on Intelligent Games and Simulation
Editors	Antonio J. Fernandez-Leiva, Carlos Cotta Porras, Raul Lara Cabrera
Place of Publication	Ostend
Publisher	EUROSIS
Pages	34-40
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Print)	9789077381748
Publication status	Published - 2012
Event	13th International Conference on Intelligent Games and Simulation, - Universidad de Malaga, Malaga, Spain Duration: 14 Nov 2012 → 16 Nov 2012 Conference number: 13th

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Conference	13th International Conference on Intelligent Games and Simulation,
Abbreviated title	GAME-ON'2012
Country/Territory	Spain
City	Malaga
Period	14/11/12 → 16/11/12

Keywords

Story driven video games
Interactive narrative
Emergent plot structures
Behaviour trees
Player choice
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Brown, G., & King, D. J. (2012). Facilitating open plot structures in story driven video games using situation generation. In A. J. Fernandez-Leiva, C. C. Porras, & R. L. Cabrera (Eds.), Proceedings of GAMEON 2012: 13th International Conference on Intelligent Games and Simulation (pp. 34-40). EUROSIS. https://www.eurosis.org/cms/files/proceedings_full/GAMEON2012.deel1_2.11.12.pdf

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Brown, G & King, DJ 2012, Facilitating open plot structures in story driven video games using situation generation. in AJ Fernandez-Leiva, CC Porras & RL Cabrera (eds), Proceedings of GAMEON 2012: 13th International Conference on Intelligent Games and Simulation. EUROSIS, Ostend, pp. 34-40, 13th International Conference on Intelligent Games and Simulation, Malaga, Spain, 14/11/12. <https://www.eurosis.org/cms/files/proceedings_full/GAMEON2012.deel1_2.11.12.pdf>

Facilitating open plot structures in story driven video games using situation generation. / Brown, Gordon; King, David J.
Proceedings of GAMEON 2012: 13th International Conference on Intelligent Games and Simulation. ed. / Antonio J. Fernandez-Leiva; Carlos Cotta Porras; Raul Lara Cabrera. Ostend: EUROSIS, 2012. p. 34-40.

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