Procedural generation of populations for storytelling

in het Veld, Bas; Kybartas, B.A.; Bidarra, Rafael; Meyer, John Jules

Procedural generation of populations for storytelling

Conference paper (2015)

Authors

Bas in het Veld Universiteit Utrecht

B.A. Kybartas Computer Graphics and Visualisation -

Rafael Bidarra Computer Graphics and Visualisation -

John Jules Meyer Universiteit Utrecht

Research Group

Computer Graphics and Visualisation () (TU Delft)

Procedural content generation Computational storytelling Population generation

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Published Date

2015

Language

English

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Faculty

Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science

Department

Intelligent Systems

Research Group

Computer Graphics and Visualisation

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