ScriptEase: motivational behaviors for interactive characters in computer role-playing games

Authors:
Maria Cutumisu;Duane Szafron;Jonathan Schaeffer;Kevin Waugh;Curtis Onuczko;Jeff Siegel;Allan Schumacher
Affiliations:
Department of Computing Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;Department of Computing Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;Department of Computing Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;Department of Computing Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;Department of Computing Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;Department of Computing Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;Department of Computing Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Venue:
AAAI'06 proceedings of the 21st national conference on Artificial intelligence - Volume 2
Year:
2006

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ScriptEase: Generative Design Patterns for Computer Role-Playing Games

Proceedings of the 19th IEEE international conference on Automated software engineering
Generating ambient behaviors in computer role-playing games

INTETAIN'05 Proceedings of the First international conference on Intelligent Technologies for Interactive Entertainment

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Abstract

ScriptEase is a tool that allows authors with no programming experience to create interactive stories for computer role-playing games. Instead of writing scripting code manually, game authors select design patterns that encapsulate frequent game scenarios, creating stories at a higher level of abstraction and being shielded from the underlying scripting language. ScriptEase has been extended to support behavior patterns that generate ambient behaviors for non-player characters. This demonstration shows how ScriptEase creates intricate non-player character scripts to generate compelling and engaging character behaviors. We demonstrate our ScriptEase motivational ambient and PC-interactive behaviors for a guard character using BioWare Corp.'s Neverwinter Nights game.