A key promise of narrative-centered learning environments is the ability to make learning
engaging. However, there is concern that learning and engagement may be at odds in these …

Game-based learning environments (GBLEs) have been touted as the solution for failing
educational outcomes. In this study, we address some of these major issues by using multi …

Narrative-centered learning environments offer significant promise for promoting interactive
learning experiences that are both effective and engaging. Models of narrative generation …

When reading a story, humans can quickly understand new fictional characters with a few
observations, mainly by drawing analogies to fictional and real people they already know …

We introduce a research framework for the design of interactive experiences in the domain
of emergent narrative, an application area of computational narrative in which stories …

In order to tell stories in different voices for different audiences, interactive story systems
require:(1) a semantic representation of story structure, and (2) the ability to automatically …

Interactive story systems often involve dialogue with virtual dramatic characters. However, to
date most character dialogue is written by hand. One way to ease the authoring process is to …

We present Expressionist, an authoring tool for in-game text generation that combines the
raw generative power of context-free grammars (CFGs) with the expressive power of free …

Abstract The Expressive Intelligence Studio is developing a new approach to freeform
conversational interaction in playable media that combines dialogue management, natural …

If we are to understand stories, we must understand characters: characters are central to
every narrative and drive the action forward. Critically, many stories (especially cultural …