Dialogue management for social game characters using statecharts

Proceedings of the 2008 International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology, ACE 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 219-222

  Brusk, Jenny ^a  

^a GOTLAND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Believable characters; Dialogue management; Game design

Indexed keywords

BELIEVABLE CHARACTERS; DIALOGUE MANAGEMENT; GAME DESIGN; INTELLIGENT DIALOGUE; NATURAL LANGUAGES; SOCIAL SKILLS; STATECHARTS;

CELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS;

GAME THEORY;

EID: 67649406162     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1501750.1501801     Document Type: Conference Paper

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