Playable Experiences at AIIDE 2014

AIIDE 2014 is the second AIIDE event that has featured a playable experience track. This paper describes the seven entries that were accepted in the 2014 track, as well as the motivation behind the track and the criteria used to evaluate and accept entries.

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