models for story
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Models for Story Consistency andInterestingness in Single-Player
RPGsPetri Lankoski
Story
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Research Question
• What are the game features that aect a player evaluation of story interestingness and consistency?
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Method
• Literature review isolating possible candidetes• Formal analysis, classifying games in terms of
certain features• Mixed effect ordinal regression
– combining formal analysis and questionnaire data about players evaluation of story
– Ad-hoc quotas– Iterative model selection using AIC
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Classification
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Story Consistency
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Story Consistency
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Story Consistency
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Story Interestingness
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Story Interestingness
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Story Interestingness
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Conclusions
Story Consistency
• Cut-scenes showing romance (positive)
• Pre-scripted character development (positive)
• Player-guided character development (positive)
• Appearance customization (negative)
Story Interestingness
• Cut-scenes showing romance (positive)
• Pre-scripted character development (positive)
• Support different play styles (positive)
• Moral choices (negative)
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Conclusions
Story Consistency
• Romance modeling (negative?)
Story Interestingness
• Interactive dialogue (positive?)
• Player controlled character development (negative?)
• Appearance customization (negative?)
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