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Emergent Stories in Massively Multiplayer Online Games: Using Improvisational Techniques to Design for Emotional Impact

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Entertainment Computing – ICEC 2004 (ICEC 2004)

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In this poster, we discuss the application of Theatrical Improvisational Techniques to address game design challenges of Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOGs), and we suggest how applying these techniques can create structure for emergent storytelling. We propose a common improv structure, CROW (Character, Relationship, Objective, Where), as a framework for designing MMOGs with compelling emergent stories.

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  1. Entertainment Technology Center, Carnegie Mellon University, 700 Technology Drive 5th Floor, PTC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15217, USA

    Brenda Harger, David Jimison, Eben Myers, Ben Smith & Shanna Tellerman

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  1. Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Den Dolech 2, 5600MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    Matthias Rauterberg

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Harger, B., Jimison, D., Myers, E., Smith, B., Tellerman, S. (2004). Emergent Stories in Massively Multiplayer Online Games: Using Improvisational Techniques to Design for Emotional Impact. In: Rauterberg, M. (eds) Entertainment Computing – ICEC 2004. ICEC 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3166. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-28643-1_46

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