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Emotional Characters for Automatic Plot Creation

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Technologies for Interactive Digital Storytelling and Entertainment (TIDSE 2004)

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Abstract

The Virtual Storyteller is a multi-agent framework for automatic story generation. In this paper we describe how plots emerge from the actions of semi-autonomous character agents, focusing on the influence of the characters’ emotions on plot development.

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  1. University of Twente, PO Box 217, 7500 AE, Enschede, The Netherlands

    Mariët Theune, Sander Rensen, Rieks op den Akker, Dirk Heylen & Anton Nijholt

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Digital Storytelling Dept, ZGDV e.V., Rundeturmstr. 10, 64283, Darmstadt, Germany

    Stefan Göbel

  2. FH Erfurt, University of Applied Sciences, Altonaerstr. 25, 99085, Erfurt, Germany

    Ulrike Spierling

  3. Digital Storytelling Department, ZGDV Darmstadt e.V., Fraunhoferstr. 5, 64283, Darmstadt, Germany

    Anja Hoffmann

  4. Zentrum für Graphische Datenverarbeitung, Rundeturmstr. 12, 64283, Darmstadt, Germany

    Ido Iurgel

  5. Zentrum für Graphische Datenverarbeitung e.V., 64283, Darmstadt, Germany

    Oliver Schneider

  6. Digital Storytelling Department, ZGDV e.V. - Computer Graphics Center, Fraunhoferstr. 5, 64283, Darmstadt, Germany

    Johanna Dechau

  7. Digital Storytelling Department, ZGDV Darmstadt e.V., 64283, Darmstadt, Germany

    Axel Feix

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Theune, M., Rensen, S., op den Akker, R., Heylen, D., Nijholt, A. (2004). Emotional Characters for Automatic Plot Creation. In: Göbel, S., et al. Technologies for Interactive Digital Storytelling and Entertainment. TIDSE 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3105. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-27797-2_13

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