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The topic of Co-creation, i.e., AI agents interacting with humans to generate outputs (e.g., art), has gained significant attention recently. However, most studies focus on adult-human interactions in a digital setting. This paper explores…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-05-29 Arturo Valdivia , Paolo Burelli

Role-playing agents (RPA) have been a popular application area for large language models (LLMs), attracting significant interest from both industry and academia.While existing RPAs well portray the characters' knowledge and tones, they face…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-10-16 Yiting Ran , Xintao Wang , Rui Xu , Xinfeng Yuan , Jiaqing Liang , Deqing Yang , Yanghua Xiao

Sensemaking and narrative are two inherently interconnected concepts about how people understand the world around them. Sensemaking is the process by which people structure and interconnect the information they encounter in the world with…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2022-01-26 Zev Battad , Mei Si

We present the Living Novel, an end-to-end system that transforms any literary work into an immersive, multi-character conversational experience. This system is designed to solve two fundamental challenges for LLM-driven characters.…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-12-09 Yifei Huang , Tianyu Yan , Sitong Gong , Xiwei Gao , Caixin Kang , Ruicong Liu , Huchuan Lu , Bo Zheng

Manually navigating lengthy videos to seek information or answer questions can be a tedious and time-consuming task for users. We introduce StoryNavi, a novel system powered by VLLMs for generating customised video play experiences by…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-10-07 Alston Lantian Xu , Tianwei Ma , Tianmeng Liu , Can Liu , Alvaro Cassinelli

Interactive narrative tasks require LLMs to sustain a coherent, evolving story while adapting to a user over multiple turns. However, suitable benchmarks for this setting are limited: existing evaluations often focus on static prompts,…

World building forms the foundation of any task that requires narrative intelligence. In this work, we focus on procedurally generating interactive fiction worlds---text-based worlds that players "see" and "talk to" using natural language.…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2020-01-29 Prithviraj Ammanabrolu , Wesley Cheung , Dan Tu , William Broniec , Mark O. Riedl

The growing popularity of social deduction games has created an increasing need for intelligent frameworks where humans can collaborate with AI agents, particularly in post-pandemic contexts with heightened psychological and social…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-08-12 Qihui Fan , Wenbo Li , Enfu Nan , Yixiao Chen , Lei Lu , Pu Zhao , Yanzhi Wang

Building on game design and education research, this paper introduces narrative-focused role-playing games as a way to promote visualization literacy in young children. Visualization literacy skills are vital in understanding the world…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2020-09-01 Elaine Huynh , Angela Nyhout , Patricia Ganea , Fanny Chevalier

This research introduces Procedural Artificial Narrative using Generative AI (PANGeA), a structured approach for leveraging large language models (LLMs), guided by a game designer's high-level criteria, to generate narrative content for…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-07-11 Steph Buongiorno , Lawrence Jake Klinkert , Tanishq Chawla , Zixin Zhuang , Corey Clark

This study presents RoleCraft-GLM, an innovative framework aimed at enhancing personalized role-playing with Large Language Models (LLMs). RoleCraft-GLM addresses the key issue of lacking personalized interactions in conversational AI, and…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-04-05 Meiling Tao , Xuechen Liang , Tianyu Shi , Lei Yu , Yiting Xie

We explore how interaction with large language models (LLMs) can give rise to emergent behaviors, empowering players to participate in the evolution of game narratives. Our testbed is a text-adventure game in which players attempt to solve…

Human writers often begin their stories with an overarching mental scene, where they envision the interactions between characters and their environment. Inspired by this creative process, we propose a novel approach to long-form story…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-03-20 Zehao Chen , Rong Pan , Haoran Li

Data-driven storytelling is a powerful method for conveying insights by combining narrative techniques with visualizations and text. These stories integrate visual aids, such as highlighted bars and lines in charts, along with textual…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-10-07 Mohammed Saidul Islam , Md Tahmid Rahman Laskar , Md Rizwan Parvez , Enamul Hoque , Shafiq Joty

When exploring data, analysts construct narratives about what the data means by asking questions, generating visualizations, reflecting on patterns, and revising their interpretations as new insights emerge. Yet existing analysis tools…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-01-06 Oliver Huang , Muhammad Fatir , Steven Luo , Sangho Suh , Hariharan Subramonyam , Carolina Nobre

Narrative understanding involves capturing the author's cognitive processes, providing insights into their knowledge, intentions, beliefs, and desires. Although large language models (LLMs) excel in generating grammatically coherent text,…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-01-19 Lixing Zhu , Runcong Zhao , Lin Gui , Yulan He

While Large Language Models (LLMs) can serve as agents to simulate human behaviors (i.e., role-playing agents), we emphasize the importance of point-in-time role-playing. This situates characters at specific moments in the narrative…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-05-29 Jaewoo Ahn , Taehyun Lee , Junyoung Lim , Jin-Hwa Kim , Sangdoo Yun , Hwaran Lee , Gunhee Kim

Large Language Models (LLMs) demonstrate a notable capacity for adopting personas and engaging in role-playing. However, evaluating this ability presents significant challenges, as human assessments are resource-intensive and automated…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-05-20 Yassine El Boudouri , Walter Nuninger , Julian Alvarez , Yvan Peter

Research on interactive narrative experiences in physical spaces is becoming more popular, growing into an established new media art format with the development of technology and evolution of audience aesthetics. However, the methods of…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-06-06 Yuan Yao , Haipeng Mi

We present a preliminary experimental platform that explores how narrative elements might shape AI decision-making by combining reinforcement learning (RL) with language model reasoning. While AI systems can now both make decisions and…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-09-11 Anup Tuladhar , Araz Minhas , Adam Kirton , Eli Kinney-Lang