Metaverse as the latest buzzword has attracted great attention from both industry and
academia. Metaverse seamlessly integrates the real world with the virtual world and allows …

We present Why Are We Like This?(WAWLT), a mixed-initiative, co-creative storytelling
game in which two players develop a story transcript by selecting and editing actions to …

Given the popular presupposition of human reasoning as the standard for learning and
decision making, there have been significant efforts and a growing trend in research to …

Abstract We present Loose Ends, a mixed-initiative co-creative storytelling play experience
in which a human player and an AI system work together to compose a story. Loose Ends …

Interactive narratives are widely used to frame and contextualize education in games.
However, the specifics of how their designs aid the learning process and outcomes remains …

Story sifting, also known as story recognition, has been identified as one of the major design
challenges currently facing interactive emergent narrative. However, despite continued …

Large language models (LLMs) enabled by the datasets and computing power of the last
decade have recently gained popularity for their capacity to generate plausible natural …

Emotional challenge contrasts with the common perspective of challenge in games. The
latter focuses on performance, while the former focuses on presenting players with heavy …

We introduce expressive range coverage analysis (ERaCA): a technique for evaluating
mixed-initiative creative interfaces (MICIs) in which creative responsibility is shared between …

We trace the history of emergent narrative as both a term and a concept, with a particular
focus on interactive emergent narrative (IEN): the use of emergent narrative as an approach …