Evaluating accessible graphical interfaces for building story worlds

Steven Poulakos, Mubbasir Kapadia, Guido M. Maiga, Fabio Zünd, Markus Gross, Robert W. Sumner

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2 Scopus citations

Abstract

In order to use computational intelligence to assist in narrative generation, domain knowledge of the story world must be defined, a task which is currently confined to experts. In an effort to democratize story world creation, we present an accessible graphical platform for content creators and end users to create a story world, populate it with smart characters and objects, and define narrative events that can be used to author digital stories. The system supports reuse to reduce the cost of content production and enables specification of semantics to enable computer assisted authoring. Additionally, we introduce an iterative, bi-directional workflow, which bridges the gap between story world building and story authoring. Users seamlessly transition between authoring stories and refining the story world definition to accommodate their current narrative. A user study demonstrates the efficacy of our system to support narrative generation.

Original languageAmerican English
Title of host publicationInteractive Storytelling - 9th International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling, ICIDS 2016
EditorsAndrew S. Gordon, Frank Nack
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages184-196
Number of pages13
ISBN (Print)9783319482781
DOIs
StatePublished - 2016
Event9th International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling, ICIDS 2016 - Los Angeles, United States
Duration: Nov 15 2016Nov 18 2016

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume10045 LNCS

Other

Other9th International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling, ICIDS 2016
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityLos Angeles
Period11/15/1611/18/16

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • Computer Science(all)

Keywords

  • Domain specification
  • Narrative generation
  • Story world

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