Moral dilemmas in role playing digital games
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Inspired by Pen&Paper Role Playing principles, I intend to design and formalize a Conflict Manager for generating moral dilemmas in digital games, with the aim of intensifying the emotional-involvement of players. Based on previous work, where I formalized a character model endowed with moral values and driven by moral emotions, in this paper I sketch my proposal for a Conflict Manager.
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