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When the Fourth Layer Meets the Fourth Wall: The Case for Critical Game Retellings (Sych 2020)

Steven Sych. When the Fourth Layer Meets the Fourth Wall: The Case for Critical Game Retellings. Proceedings of ICIDS 2020.

Tension Space Analysis for Emergent Narrative (2020)

B. Kybartas, C. Verbrugge and J. Lessard, "Tension Space Anaylsis for Emergent Narrative," in IEEE Transactions on Games, doi: 10.1109/TG.2020.2989072.

Expressive Range Analysis of a Possible Worlds Driven Emergent Narrative System (2018)

Kybartas, Ben; Verbrugge, Clark; Lessard, Jonathan. « Expressive Range Analysis of a Possible Worlds Driven Emergent Narrative System ». In Proceedings of

Transparency or Opacity: Re-thinking Video Game Interfaces (2018)

A MDes thesis by Etienne Brunelle-LeclercDownload here Abstract This thesis presents the results of a two year research-creation project that

Subject and Subjectivity: A Conversational Game using Possible Worlds (2017)

Kybartas, Ben; Verbrugge, Clark; Lessard, Jonathan. “Subject and Subjectivity: A Conversational Game using Possible Worlds”. In Proceedings of the 10th

Sriving for Author-Friendly Procedural Dialogue Generation (2017)

Abstract This paper reports on an ongoing attempt to develop an author-friendly approach to procedural game dialogue generation. Various affordances

Designing Natural-Language Game Conversations (2016)

Abstract This paper reports on LabLabLab’s three year experience in game-design oriented research on interactive dialogue with non-playing characters and

The Character as Subjective Interface (2016)

Abstract This paper re-frames virtual interactive characters as “subjective interfaces” with the purpose of highlighting original affordances for interactive storytelling

Design Rationale for Natural-Language Based Game Conversations (2015)

Abstract In-game conversations with non-playing characters have not changed much in the past 30 years, sticking to menu driven models