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AI for Player Expression in World of Warcraft: Enhancing Experience Through Unique Events

Explore how AI systems and artifacts can elevate player experience in World of Warcraft through dynamic quests and world-scale events. Dive into quest design, character space, agency, and more to enhance social play and empower groups. Discover the impact of truly unique events and the role of information economy in creating a sense of history and community.

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AI for Player Expression in World of Warcraft: Enhancing Experience Through Unique Events

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  1. AI for Player Expression in World of Warcraft

  2. Overview • AI: systems and artifacts • Less stupid • More intelligent • Game Design • Player Experience • AI to improve both

  3. Fundamentals • Mechanics = naked • Fiction = cliché • Interesting, funny, touching, etc. • But not essential • Carrot • 10 seconds • 10 minutes • 10 hours

  4. World Space • Level and location interlock • Quest design • 20: choose area • 40: multiple areas • 60: world-spanning adventures • Visiting “old stomping grounds” • A real sense of progression

  5. Character Space • Class • Skills • Equipment • Quests • Can solo – but slow • Difficult to group with other levels

  6. Agency • Individual impact limited • Persistent world, scripted events • Group play adds meta-content • Roles • Share, heal, inform, save the day • Ignore, lie, pvp, greed over need • Pose, strip, dance naked • If it quacks like a druid…. • Can be hard to feel “unique”

  7. AI for Expression • Put the R back in RPG

  8. AI for Expression • Put the R back in RPG • AI for bosses

  9. AI for Expression • Put the R back in RPG • AI for bosses • Dynamic quests

  10. AI for Expression • Put the R back in RPG • AI for bosses • Dynamic quests • World-scale events...

  11. AI for Expression • Put the R back in RPG • AI for bosses • Dynamic quests • World-scale events... • Information economy?

  12. Agency & Reflection Exploits

  13. Agency & Reflection Influence Exploits

  14. Agency & Reflection Infamy Influence Exploits

  15. Legends & Lore IronThump

  16. Legends & Lore IronThump horde minions

  17. Legends & Lore Fahna IronThump horde minions

  18. Legends & Lore Fahna IronThump horde minions new threat!

  19. Legends & Lore Fahna IronThump horde minions new threat!

  20. Research Questions • What do truly unique events add to the experience of online spaces?

  21. Research Questions • What do truly unique events add to the experience of online spaces? • How can AI support and enhance social play, group empowerment, agency and dramatic consequence?

  22. Reasearch Questions • What do truly unique events add to the experience of online spaces? • How can AI support and enhance social play, group empowerment, agency and dramatic consequence? • How can we reflect information back at players to create a sense of history and community in those spaces?

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