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From caveman to gentleman: a CiF-based social interaction model applied to conan exiles

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FDG '19: Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games

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https://doi.org/10.1145/3337722.3337746

Published: 26 August 2019 Publication History

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Even though modern video games present rich storytelling and high graphical fidelity, they are still lacking in rich non-scripted NPC social interactions. In this work we present an extension of the Comme il Faut (CiF) and CiF-CK social interaction models, where we added emotions and a emotion appraisal process based on the OCC model of emotion and also added a belief system that models the social network values that the NPCs expect regarding the other NPCs' relationships. A version of the new model, which we named Comme il Faut - Exiles (CiF-Ex), was implemented in the AAA game Conan Exiles using their modding tools and validated. The results were noteworthy: the users enjoyed the game more and tended to spend more time near CiF-Ex enabled NPCs. The majority of the users preferred CiF-Ex NPCs, versus the vanilla NPCs. CiF-Ex NPCs were perceived as more believable and less predictable.

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From caveman to gentleman: a CiF-based social interaction model applied to conan exiles
1. Computing methodologies
  1. Artificial intelligence
    1. Distributed artificial intelligence
      1. Intelligent agents
      2. Multi-agent systems
    2. Planning and scheduling
      1. Planning for deterministic actions

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FDG '19: Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games

August 2019

822 pages

ISBN:9781450372176

DOI:10.1145/3337722

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University of York
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