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In this chapter, we give an overview of the FearNot! virtual drama system constructed for use in education against bullying. The motivation for the system is discussed and the chapter considers issues relating to believability. It describes the emotionally driven architecture used for characters as well as the management of the overall story and finally considers issues relating to evaluation of systems like this.
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Aylett, R., Paiva, A., Dias, J., Hall, L., Woods, S. (2009). Affective Agents for Education Against Bullying. In: Tao, J., Tan, T. (eds) Affective Information Processing. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84800-306-4_5
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