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A common problem in creating interactive drama is the authoring bottleneck. If pre-authored stories are directly incorporated into an interactive virtual environment then there is a need to consider all possible interactions and story twists, which for a sizeable drama is infeasible. One proposed solution to this problem is to use search and planning algorithms along with narrative structures. ...

Understanding the role of agency is crucial for the creation of interactive fiction. This paper considers some dramatic and literary theories that explicitly or implicitly contain a notion of agency, and examines how these varying notions inform the theory and practice of interactive narrative and drama.

Research on the connections between drama and language learning is not new, and interest in the potential collaboration between these fields has increased in the last four decades. However, studies have mostly focused on students’ experiences and the type of drama activities that could be incorporated in their language class, neglecting key aspects of the specific skills language teachers might...

Tilik is one of the short Indonesian drama films produced by Ravacana Films in 2018. From its visual appearance, almost 90% length dominantly show scenes getting on a truck way to hospital, and only interspersed with stopping at mosque, road. However, this film managed become trending topic 2020. This also categories that has successfully obtained achievements from audience awards festivals. Th...

In therapy, as in all human activity, drama is both inevitable and necessary. It is inevitable because, during the human life-cycle, people are constantly confronted with dramatic changes and it is necessary because all transitions occur as a result of more or less dramatic experiences-in-action. Thus, it is not surprising that drama has been used for centuries both within the theatre and in va...

Interactive Drama is the ultimate challenge of digital entertainment. In this paper, from our seven year experience in Interactive Drama, we try to shape the history of the field and envision what will be (or should be) the future of this history. Two main directions in particular are stressed, because we feel that the success of Interactive Drama lies in these two directions. The first one con...