While the study of psychology has offered little in the way of explaining the creative process, Koestler examines the idea that we are at our most creative when rational thought is suspended--for example, in dreams and trancelike states. All who read The Act of Creation will find it a compelling and illuminating book.

The Act of Creation

The Cambridge handbook of multimedia learning

Interactive storytelling is a privileged application of intelligent visual actor technology. The authors introduce their character-based interactive storytelling prototype that uses hierarchical task network planning techniques, which support story generation and any-time user intervention.

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Character-based interactive storytelling

Introduction. LEARNING THROUGH INTERACTIVE MEDIA. 1. The Multimedia Learning Revolution. 2. Resources and Tools for Learning. 3. Simulation and Vicarious Experience. 4. Structured Learning. CONCEPTUAL DESIGN: 5. Strategic Approaches to Educational Multimedia Design. 6. Context and Multimedia Design. 7. Design Action Potential. PRESENTATION DESIGN: 9. The Multimedia Toolset. 10. Text and Graphics. 11. Animation. 12. Sound.

Design for multimedia learning

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Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy

This study aims to design a new kind of interactive drama, where the user interacts in depth with the course of the narrative, while the dramatic intensity is retained. Based on various theoretical sources on narrative and drama, a model is put forward. This model is used to build a computer system of interactive drama.

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Interactive drama on computer : beyond linear narrative

One goal of interactive narrative and drama is to create an experience while utilizing the computer where the user is one main character in the story. This goal raises a set of practical and theoretical challenges to artificial intelligence. In particular, an intelligent narrator has to dynamically maintain a satisfactory storyline and adapt to the user intervention. After reviewing the existing approaches to interactive drama, an original model is described, based on several theories on narrative. This model is based on a rule-based component for the generation of meaningful narrative actions and on a model of the user for the ranking of these actions and the action selection. A simple but authorable text generation system is also described, for the display of the actions on the computer. The system is implemented on a real-size scenario and experimental results are discussed. We conclude by discussing the possibility of a wider application of our approach within the field of AI.

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A computational model of an intelligent narrator for interactive narratives

Authoring is still considered a bottleneck in successful Interactive Storytelling and Drama. The claim for intuitive authoring tools is high, especially for tools that allow storytellers and artists to define dynamic content that can be run with an AI-based story engine. We explored two concrete authoring processes in depth, using various Interactive Storytelling prototypes, and have provided feedback from the practical steps. The result is a presentation of general issues in authoring Interactive Storytelling, rather than of particular problems with a specific system that could be overcome by `simply' designing the right interface. Priorities for future developments are also outlined.

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Authoring Issues beyond Tools

Authoring non linear narratives is a difficult and challenging issue. In this paper we focus on the process of authoring with the IDtension system, an interactive drama system designed by one of the authors. We report an experiment of realizing a real-size scenario and start from this point to think about nonlinear narratives and the possibilities and limits of the IDtension writing tool.

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Authoring Highly Generative Interactive Drama

Interactive fiction and adventure video games are narrative genres which provide the player with the option of acting as the main character of the story. However these genres do not fully match the expectations of their authors and readers because the player cannot deeply affect the storyline. This article describes a system integrating highly interactive narrative structures in a real-time 3D environment. Based on a theoretical foundation of narrative and drama, an interactive drama engine (IDE) has been implemented. It comprises an action calculus system, a text-generation system, a behavior engine, an animation engine as well as an innovative adaptive user interface. The IDE is demonstrated with two scenarios.

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Nicolas Szilas

Papers

Interactive drama on computer : beyond linear narrative

A computational model of an intelligent narrator for interactive narratives

Authoring Issues beyond Tools

Authoring Highly Generative Interactive Drama

An implementation of real-time 3D interactive drama