Interactive Narrative: A Novel Application of Artificial Intelligence for Computer Games
Mark Riedl, Vadim Bulitko
Abstract
Game Artificial Intelligence (Game AI) is a sub-discipline of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) that explores the ways in which AI and ML can augment player experiences in computer games. Storytelling is an integral part of many modern computer games; within games stories create context, motivate the player, and move the action forward. Interactive Narrative is the use of AI to create and manage stories within games, creating the perception that the player is a character in a dynamically unfolding and responsive story. This paper introduces Game AI and focuses on the open research problems of Interactive Narrative.
Topics & Concepts
NarrativeComputer scienceAction (physics)StorytellingComputer gameGame mechanicsContext (archaeology)Interactive storytellingMultimediaCharacter (mathematics)Video game designArtificial intelligenceMetagamingHuman–computer interactionSimultaneous gameNon-cooperative gameGame theoryArtPhysicsLiteratureQuantum mechanicsGeometryEconomicsBiologyPaleontologyMicroeconomicsMathematicsArtificial Intelligence in GamesDigital Games and MediaEducational Games and Gamification