Authoring Emergent Narrative-based Games

In this article, we address the particular issue of authoring interactive narrative with respect to video-games and interactive storytelling . We first introduce the narrative paradox between interactivity and narrative content in virtual environments and consider its impact on game design and development. We then introduce the concept of the Emergent Narrative (EN) and the particular phil osophy it has been developed upon. Finally, we describe an authoring process for this approach that reflects on the characteristics of interacting within such a narrat ive framework.