Research on the connections between drama and language learning is not new, and interest in the potential collaboration between these fields has increased in the last four decades. However, studies have mostly focused on students’ experiences and the type of drama activities that could be incorporated in their language class, neglecting key aspects of the specific skills language teachers might...

In therapy, as in all human activity, drama is both inevitable and necessary. It is inevitable because, during the human life-cycle, people are constantly confronted with dramatic changes and it is necessary because all transitions occur as a result of more or less dramatic experiences-in-action. Thus, it is not surprising that drama has been used for centuries both within the theatre and in va...

Interactive Drama is the ultimate challenge of digital entertainment. In this paper, from our seven year experience in Interactive Drama, we try to shape the history of the field and envision what will be (or should be) the future of this history. Two main directions in particular are stressed, because we feel that the success of Interactive Drama lies in these two directions. The first one con...

A drama manager is an omniscient agent responsible for guiding players through the story space and delivering an enjoyable experience to the players. Most drama managers only consider the designer’s intent. We present a drama manager that can provide personalized guidance while giving players the appearance of full agency. Our system is evaluated on an interactive storytelling game built with C...

In interactive drama, whether for entertainment or training purposes, there is a need to balance the enforcement of authorial intent with player autonomy. A promising approach to this problem is the incorporation of an intelligent Drama Manager (DM) into the simulated environment. The DM can intervene in the story as it progresses in order to (more or less gently) guide the player in an appropr...

In interactive storytelling systems and other story-based computer games, a drama manager is a background agent that aims to bring about an enjoyable and coherent experience for the players. In this paper, we present a personalized drama manager that increases a player’s expected enjoyment without removing player agency. Our personalized drama manager models a player’s preference using data-dri...

Substantial research effort has been put into creating a truly interactive drama that is not only entertaining but also gives the player a sense of coherency and that she is an active participant in the unfolding drama. A fully interactive drama has the potential of revolutionising entertainment, gaming, education, therapy and news coverage. If pre-authored stories are directly implemented into...