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7 years ago Are you going to implement a planner, so that characters try to avoid or escape negative emotions & seek positive ones (usually making somebody else unhappy in the process)? That seems like a pretty good way of ensuring drama: if everybody is seeking joy and all operations that cause joy in one person cause a negative emotion in at least one other.
On Sat, Aug 12, 2017 at 8:53 AM Jack Urist notifications@github.com wrote:
So. This is indeed an early submission, by what, 3 months?
Well. I want to try my hand at some kind of soap opera simulation. I suspect that rather than generating a novel per se, this particular attempt will manifest itself best as a script. One that people could theoretically use to act. I wouldn't recommend it, but still. So I'm going to be simulating a soap opera, and that means simulating characters! Lots and lots of characters. That means emotional systems for said characters.
I think I'm going to use Robert Plutchik's system of classification of emotions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contrasting_and_categorization_of_emotions#Plutchik.27s_wheel_of_emotions, typically known as "Plutchik's wheel of emotions". There's 8 basic emotions:
- joy
- trust
- fear
- surprise
- sadness
- disgust
- anger
- anticipation
And each of these "primary emotions" per se have 5 states attached to them (I'm using this diagram http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2zsSl4tM9xY/VNC4J_p2iwI/AAAAAAAACqI/eyPhNyxAgsE/s1600/IMG_20150203_172727.JPG as a simple basis) and these are:
- Stimulus event, which is what causes the character to feel a particular emotion
- Cognite appraisal, which is a linguistic summation of the emotion
- Feeling state, i.e. the actual emotion itself
- Behavioural reaction, which is what the character does as a result of the emotion
- Function, which is based on the utility of the character's action (e.g. anger is for destroying obstacles)
These primary emotions then combine into dyads, which are feelings made up of two separate emotions.
And that's only for my emotions. I also want to set up my characters to have personalities and moods, such that these three components (emotion, mood, personality) affect each other in a constant feedback loop.
And not only do I want to have my characters act like this, I also need to create some form of drama. Which is, in true soap opera fashion, likely going to revolve around romance, secret relationships, extramarital affairs, hatred, adultery, and so forth.
Wow. I've gone and done it this time, haven't I. At least I have another 3 months to dig my hole deeper.
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So. This is indeed an early set of ideas that I've submitted, by what, 3 months?
Well. I want to try my hand at some kind of soap opera simulation. I suspect that rather than generating a novel per se, this particular attempt will manifest itself best as a script. One that people could theoretically use to act. I wouldn't recommend it, but still. So I'm going to be simulating a soap opera, and that means simulating characters! Lots and lots of characters. That means emotional systems for said characters.
I think I'm going to use Robert Plutchik's system of classification of emotions, typically known as "Plutchik's wheel of emotions". There's 8 basic emotions:
And each of these "primary emotions" per se have 5 states attached to them (I'm using this diagram as a simple basis) and these are:
These primary emotions then combine into dyads, which are feelings made up of two separate emotions.
And that's only for my emotions. I also want to set up my characters to have personalities and moods, such that these three components (emotion, mood, personality) affect each other in a constant feedback loop.
And not only do I want to have my characters act like this, I also need to create some form of drama. Which is, in true soap opera fashion, likely going to revolve around romance, secret relationships, extramarital affairs, hatred, adultery, and so forth.
Wow. I've gone and done it this time, haven't I. At least I have another 3 months to dig my hole deeper.