1. EXPRESSIVE INTELLIGENCE STUDIO Extol Josh McCoy UC Santa Cruz School of Engineering mccoyjo@ soe.ucsc.edu http://eis.soe.ucsc.edu/wiki/

2. EXPRESSIVE INTELLIGENCE STUDIOUC SANTA CRUZ Premise  Promising, US politician appointed to ambassador.  Must use resources to favorably complete negotiations.  Success means promotion.  Failure means being fired.  Must use cultural, personal, and national knowledge to set up favorable negotiating conditions.

3. EXPRESSIVE INTELLIGENCE STUDIOUC SANTA CRUZ Narrative Properties  Internal/Ontological  Highly character oriented; little physical interaction.  Discourse level interactions informed by exploring story.  Exploring story via espionage.  Learning the background and preferences of dignitaries.  Exploring the motives and goals of all sides of the negotiation

4. EXPRESSIVE INTELLIGENCE STUDIOUC SANTA CRUZ Environmental Narrative Strategies  Evocative space  Knowledge of existing diplomatic scene.  Culture of nations to be negotiated with.  Modern espionage.  Enacting from the space of possible diplomatic futures.  Discoverable short embedded narratives  Personalities of diplomats  Motivations of other nations.

5. EXPRESSIVE INTELLIGENCE STUDIOUC SANTA CRUZ Cast  Jonathan Brownstone (diplomat played by character)  Eric Boswell (personal assistant)  Kotori Hitomi (cultural attaché)  Ariane Ishimwe (information consultant)  Major Andro Bojan (officer in charge of garrison)  Akillino Napei (FSM Dignitary)  Yan Wenli (Chinese Dignitary)

6. EXPRESSIVE INTELLIGENCE STUDIOUC SANTA CRUZ First Scene FSM  Recently appointed ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia.  Mission of negotiating with the FSM Secretary of Defense, Akillino Napei.  US wants token FSM force in Afghanistan.  FSM wants research and money to help the prevalence of the extreme form of color blindness known as maskun on the island of Pohnpei.

7. EXPRESSIVE INTELLIGENCE STUDIOUC SANTA CRUZ FSM Considerations  Where to hold negotiations  In embassy? Not neutral and lackluster  Resort on Yap island? Religious significance, expensive.  Geneva? Every expensive, well suited for diplomacy.  Personality of Akillino  Westernized?  Likes military strength?  Plain or opulent tastes?  Religious conviction?

8. EXPRESSIVE INTELLIGENCE STUDIOUC SANTA CRUZ Considerations mapped into player choices  Espionage reveals personal and political motivations  AKA what the other country wants  Personal likes of dignitary  Cultural Study  Good or bad venues for negotiation  Topics to hit or avoid.  Costs money to find out information, but can save you from failing.  Balance between impressing with wealth and knowledge.