Patent ID: 7309283
Filing Date: 2007-12-18
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A method for executing and presenting an interactive narrative, one that allows a user of the invention to influence the sequence and outcome of a narrative's situations, comprising: (a) a simulated environment where the narrative occurs; (b) simulated, autonomous characters who are involved in the narrative's situations; (c) identifying nouns which are appropriate for and could be introduced into a situation; (d) presenting a group of the nouns to the user; (e) allowing the user to choose from the group of nouns; (f) introducing the noun chosen, directly into the environment, independently of an intermediary agent; (g) advancing the narrative by enacting responses to or interactions with the noun introduced, by characters and other elements in the situation; (h) modifying or updating characters and other objects involved in the enactment, resulting in a new narrative situation.