Interaction and Narrative is a chapter from Michael’s Ph.D. dissertation on Expressive AI (AI-based art and entertainment) [Mateas 2002]. A significant portion of the dissertation describes his collaborative work with Andrew Stern on the interactive drama Façade [Mateas & Stern 2004a; Mateas & Stern 2004b; Mateas and Stern 2003; Mateas and Stern 2002a; Mateas and Stern 2002b]; the purpose of th...

I-Sounds aims to increase the Affective Bandwidth of an Interactive Drama system called I-Shadows, implementing a fully emergent system that generates affective music, based on musical theory and on the emotional state of the characters.

A drama manager is an omniscient background agent responsible for guiding players through the story space and delivering an enjoyable and coherent experience. Most previous drama managers only consider the designer’s intent. We present a drama manager that uses data-driven techniques to model players and provides personalized guidance in the story space without removing player agency. In order ...

Process drama, popularised by Heathcote and other practitioners, is acclaimed effective medium of teaching learning in many countries. This procedure has not been significantly explored Ghana. Working with non-drama teachers my role as a facilitator, participant, observer, we the use dramatization mantle expert procedures for various school subjects. paper elaborates on engagements pupils proce...