Procedural generation of populations for storytelling

Bas in het Veld; Ben Kybartas; R. Bidarra; John Jules Ch Meyer

Procedural generation of populations for storytelling

Bas in het Veld, Ben Kybartas, R. Bidarra, John Jules Ch Meyer

Computer Graphics and Visualisation

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Abstract

Procedural world generation is often limited to creating worlds devoid of people and any background. Because of this, creating a vibrant, living world is still a problem that requires a skilled designer. In this paper, we present a method that generates a socially connected population in any virtual terrain, using a mixed-initiative simulation of settlements that adapt to the world and to a designer’s input. Using this simulation, we develop a number of sample worlds that convey the expressive potential of the approach. We further evaluate ease of use with a user study. As a proof-of-concept, we implement the system to bridge the output of a terrain generation tool to the input of a narrative generation tool

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of PCG 2015
Subtitle of host publication	Workshop on Procedural Content Generation for Games co-located with the Tenth International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games
Pages	1-9
Number of pages	9
Publication status	Published - 2015
Event	PCG 2015 - Workshop on Procedural Content Generation for Games co-located with the Tenth International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games - Pacific Grove, United States Duration: 23 Jun 2015 → 23 Jun 2015

Workshop

Workshop	PCG 2015 - Workshop on Procedural Content Generation for Games co-located with the Tenth International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games
Country/Territory	United States
City	Pacific Grove
Period	23/06/15 → 23/06/15

Keywords

computational storytelling
population generation
procedural content generation

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in het Veld, B, Kybartas, B, Bidarra, R & Meyer, JJC 2015, Procedural generation of populations for storytelling. in Proceedings of PCG 2015 : Workshop on Procedural Content Generation for Games co-located with the Tenth International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games. pp. 1-9, PCG 2015 - Workshop on Procedural Content Generation for Games co-located with the Tenth International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games, Pacific Grove, United States, 23/06/15.

Procedural generation of populations for storytelling. / in het Veld, Bas; Kybartas, Ben; Bidarra, R. et al.
Proceedings of PCG 2015 : Workshop on Procedural Content Generation for Games co-located with the Tenth International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games. 2015. p. 1-9.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceedings/Edited volume › Conference contribution › Scientific

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