Toward a dynamic dramaturgy: an art of presentation in interactive storytelling

  • Authors:

  • Jason B. Alonso;Angela Chang;David Robert;Cynthia Breazeal

  • Affiliations:

  • MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA;MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA;MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA;MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA

  • Venue:
  • C&C '11 Proceedings of the 8th ACM conference on Creativity and cognition
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

In interactive storytelling systems, we see common challenges of artistic expression that pertains to presentation, standing apart from narrative structure. We believe this expression can be achieved computationally, which is a core challenge in using procedurally-generated worlds in interactive storytelling. This computational expression so is what we call dynamic dramaturgy. We intend dynamic dramaturgy as a complement to interactive narrative systems, particularly drama management, and as a fundamentally distinct task from plot-level narrative construction, yet it is still a basic medium for artistic expression by an author. It is, in effect, an art of presentation in interactive storytelling.