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Date Available
8-19-2026
Year of Publication
2026
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Engineering (DEng)
College
Engineering
Department/School/Program
Computer Science
Faculty
Brent Harrison
Faculty
Simone Silvestri
Abstract
Stories and narratives are powerful tools for forging connections between people, as they induce emotions shared through their audience and help build empathy and understanding through sharing unique perspectives. Interactive stories can do all this and more, as they can be used to better educate and engage their audience. But in such stories, the characters must have consistent personality and human-like emotions in order for the audience to relate to them. Current implementations of personality in interactive narratives either portrays characters with static personality that feel less realistic, or else require a great deal of additional work from the author of the narrative to enable realistic reactions. To improve the performance of character personality in interactive narratives, I introduce the idea of Personality Exceptions as expansions upon personality systems.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.13023/etd.2026.436
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Recommended Citation
Rubin-McGregor, Elinor, "Personality Exceptions: Enhancing Character in Narrative Planners with Internal Memory" (2026). University of Kentucky Doctoral Dissertations. 880.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/gradschool_diss/880
