Gameplay design patterns for believable non-player characters

3rd Digital Games Research Association International Conference: "Situated Play", DiGRA 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 416-423

  Lankoski, Petri ^a   Björk, Staffan ^b  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Game design; Gameplay design patterns; Non player character; The elder scrolls IV: Oblivion

Indexed keywords

DESIGN PATTERNS; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENTS; GAME DESIGN; GAMEPLAY; HUMAN BODIES; INTERACTIVE ENVIRONMENTS; NATURAL LANGUAGES; NON-PLAYER CHARACTER; PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT; THE ELDER SCROLLS IV: OBLIVION;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 84858982823     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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