Towards the automatic generation of fictional ideas for games

Maria Teresa Llano; Michael Cook; Christian Guckelsberger; Simon Colton; Rose Hepworth

Towards the automatic generation of fictional ideas for games

Maria Teresa Llano, Michael Cook, Christian Guckelsberger, Simon Colton, Rose Hepworth

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Abstract

The invention of fictional ideas is often a central process in the creative production of artefacts such as poems, music, paintings and games. Currently, fictional ideation is being studied by the Computational Creativity community within the WHIM European project. The aim of WHIM is to develop the What-If Machine, a software system capable of inventing, evaluating and presenting fictional ideas with cultural value. In this paper we explore the potential applications of the What-If Machine in the context of games. Specifically, we propose ways in which the What-If Machine can be used as an assistant for the design of games, by providing ideas about characters, the environment, etc., as well as a creative system during gameplay, through interesting interactions with the player.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Experimental AI in Games - Papers from the 2014 AIIDE Workshop, Technical Report
Publisher	AAAI Press
Pages	35-41
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	9781577356851
Publication status	Published - 2014
MoE publication type	A4 Conference publication
Event	AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment - Raleigh, United States Duration: 3 Oct 2014 → 7 Oct 2014 Conference number: 10

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Conference	AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment
Abbreviated title	AIIDE
Country/Territory	United States
City	Raleigh
Period	03/10/2014 → 07/10/2014

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Llano, MT, Cook, M, Guckelsberger, C, Colton, S & Hepworth, R 2014, Towards the automatic generation of fictional ideas for games. in Experimental AI in Games - Papers from the 2014 AIIDE Workshop, Technical Report. AAAI Press, pp. 35-41, AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States, 03/10/2014. <https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AIIDE/article/view/12742>

Towards the automatic generation of fictional ideas for games. / Llano, Maria Teresa; Cook, Michael; Guckelsberger, Christian et al.
Experimental AI in Games - Papers from the 2014 AIIDE Workshop, Technical Report. AAAI Press, 2014. p. 35-41.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference article in proceedings › Scientific › peer-review

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