Research Article
An Experiment in Improvised Interactive Drama
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-02315-6_25, author={Ivo Swartjes and Mari\`{\i}t Theune}, title={An Experiment in Improvised Interactive Drama}, proceedings={Intelligent Technologies for Interactive Entertainment. Third International Conference, INTETAIN 2009, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 22-24, 2009. Proceedings}, proceedings_a={INTETAIN}, year={2012}, month={5}, keywords={Interactive Storytelling Dramatic Presence Interactive Drama Improvisational Theatre}, doi={10.1007/978-3-642-02315-6_25} }- Ivo Swartjes
Mariët Theune
Year: 2012
An Experiment in Improvised Interactive Drama
INTETAIN
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-02315-6_25
Abstract
To inform the design of interactive drama systems, we investigate the experience of an interactor being part of a story that they can have a fundamental influence on. Improvisational theatre might serve as a model for this experience, where there is no pre-scripted plot; each of its actors shares responsibility for the collaborative emergence of a story. This requires a performer attitude from the interactor. We describe an experiment in which improv actors create a story together with subjects who have no improv experience, to find out how we can characterize this experience, and how it might be achieved. Our results support a recent hypothesis that an interactor in interactive drama might be treated as a collaborative performer rather than an (antagonistic) player.