Showrunner: A Tool For Storyline Execution/Visualization In 3d Game Environments

We introduce SHOWRUNNER, a tool for visualizing story world execution within a 3D game environment. SHOWRUNNER takes as input an abstract, declarative specification of a story script and a set of mappings between terms in the story and data elements in the game engine and executes the story's actions, using virtual cameras to film and present the action to a user. The implementation details on the working of the tool, as well as instructions on how users with various design and API constraints can utilize the tool are discussed in this paper.