<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="normaltextrun"&gt;&lt;span style= "mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: black; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt; This month co-hosts Toben Racicot and Sid Heeg interview incoming GI Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Geneva Smith about her research into NPC emotional believability in games. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span class="normaltextrun"&gt;&lt;span style= "mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: black; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"&gt; Links:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;G-ScalE Lab at McMaster University. &lt;a href= "https://gscale.cas.mcmaster.ca/"&gt;https://gscale.cas.mcmaster.ca/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;“Start Your EM(otion En)gine: Towards Computational Models of Emo-tion for Improving the Believability of Video Game Non-Player Characters” - &lt;a href= "http://hdl.handle.net/11375/28699"&gt;http://hdl.handle.net/11375/28699&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;“GLaDOS: Integrating Emotion-Based Behaviours into Non-Player Characters in Computer Role-Playing Games” -&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "http://hdl.handle.net/11375/21369"&gt;http://hdl.handle.net/11375/21369&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description>

Games Institute Podcast

Games Institute

053: Non Playable Characters and Believable Emotion Design with Dr. Geneva Smith

MAY 10, 202448 MIN
Games Institute Podcast

053: Non Playable Characters and Believable Emotion Design with Dr. Geneva Smith

MAY 10, 202448 MIN

Description

This month co-hosts Toben Racicot and Sid Heeg interview incoming GI Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Geneva Smith about her research into NPC emotional believability in games. 

Links:

G-ScalE Lab at McMaster University. https://gscale.cas.mcmaster.ca/ 

“Start Your EM(otion En)gine: Towards Computational Models of Emo-tion for Improving the Believability of Video Game Non-Player Characters” - http://hdl.handle.net/11375/28699

“GLaDOS: Integrating Emotion-Based Behaviours into Non-Player Characters in Computer Role-Playing Games” -  http://hdl.handle.net/11375/21369