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Paper presented at the Other Players conference (http://www.itu.dk/op), Center for Computer Games

Research, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark. 6-8 December 2004.

Proceedings available online:http://itu.dk/op/proceedings.htm

Editors: Miguel Sicart and Jonas Heide Smith

Story Construction and

Expressive Agents in Virtual Game Worlds

ABSTRACT

Author Keywords

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INTRODUCTION

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Fig. 1 Creation of narrative potential in virtual game worlds

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TEXT LEVELS

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Text levels in virtual game worlds

Story level Discourselevel

Code level

Story Construction

Narrative level

Designed narrative potential Played narrative potential

Engines,

frameworkand gameprogramming.Thesetogether

manifest thegeographicstructure as

well as the

conditions forthe deep

structure ofthe narrative,

the overallstory and its

construction.

The overall

story (ifthere isone), thedeepstructure

and theindividualexpressive

agents and

the staticstory

elements,which at the

discourselevel

manifest theoverallstory,

possibleside-storiesand separateindependent

stories.

The states of

the individualelements in thenow of theplaying, andthe sequential

order createdbetween thedifferent parts

of the

narrativesimultaneously

with themovements of

the playercharacters and

theautonomousagents through

the game.

The

narratives toldabouttheactions

an theeventsin the

game

world.The

narratives are

toldboth in-

gameand out-of-

game.

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