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 …

There is a peculiar method in the area of procedural narrative called emergent narrative:
instead of automatically inventing stories or deploying authored narrative content, a system …

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 …

Story sifters attempt to automatically or semi-automatically extract nuggets of compelling
narrative content from vast chronicles of game or simulation events. Though sifting has …

This paper presents a case study in the experience-first prototyping of a generative game.
Our goal in this process was to create a PCG-based mystery story construction game …

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 …

This paper presents Neighborly, a customizable, community-scale social simulation engine
for procedurally generating settlements of characters for use in research experimentation or …

In this paper we describe the design and evaluation of The Next Fairy Tale (TNFT) VR, a
theatrical interactive storytelling system created in virtual reality and informed by performing …

Abstract Why Are We Like This?(WAWLT) is a playful, co-creative, AI-augmented,
improvisational storytelling game in which one or more players explore and influence an …

Interactive narrative systems are often embedded in games: works of playable media that
enable players to participate in or experience a story through game mechanics. But play …