'Killer Phrases': Design Steps for a Game with Digital Role-Playing Agents

The Killer Phrase game is a digital role-playing game where the player is the moderator of a discussion between two debating robots. In this article, the design steps for the creation are explained, such as building the simulation model, designing sub-games, implementing dialogues starting from a script, and testing and tuning the game. Concluding, advantages and disadvantages of the virtual game compared to a `real' role-playing game are discussed.

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2008
• Where: TEDU
• Authors: Ulrike Spierling
• Keywords: Education, Game, Killer Phrase Game, Role-playing Game, TEDU 2008