Max Kreminski

Publications

This page lists my publications concisely in simple reverse chronological order, so that it’s easy to see what I've published most recently. For a more detailed list that also breaks publications down by type, see the publications section of my full CV.

2024

1. Homogenization Effects of Large Language Models on Human Creative Ideation
   Barrett R. Anderson, Jash Hemant Shah, Max Kreminski. C&C 2024.
2. Cheap and Easy Open-Ended Text Input for Interactive Emergent Narrative
   Max Kreminski. FDG 2024.
3. The Dearth of the Author in AI-Supported Writing
   Max Kreminski. In2Writing @ CHI 2024.
4. Evaluating Creativity Support Tools via Homogenization Analysis
   Barrett R. Anderson, Jash Hemant Shah, Max Kreminski. CHI LBW 2024.
5. A Design Space for Intelligent and Interactive Writing Assistants
   Mina Lee, Katy Ilonka Gero, John Joon Young Chung, 27 more authors, Max Kreminski, 5 more authors. CHI 2024.
6. Intent Elicitation in Mixed-Initiative Co-Creativity
   Max Kreminski, John Joon Young Chung. HAI-GEN @ IUI 2024.
7. Understanding Systems Suspense
   Jason Grinblat, Max Kreminski, Graeme Lennon, Cat Manning, Alexei Pepers, Lauren Scott. Report from the Polaris Game Design Retreat.

2023

1. Blabrecs: An AI-Based Game of Nonsense Word Creation
   Max Kreminski, Isaac Karth. NeurIPS Creative AI 2023.
2. Praxish: A Rational Reconstruction of a Logic-Based DSL for Modeling Social Practices
   James Dameris, Rosaura Hernandez Roman, Max Kreminski. AIIDE 2023.
3. Toward Better Gossip Simulation in Emergent Narrative Systems
   Max Kreminski. CoG 2023.
4. Being Social in VR Meetings: A Landscape Analysis of Current Tools
   Anya Osborne, Sabrina Fielder, Joshua McVeigh-Schultz, Timothy Lang, Max Kreminski, George Butler, Jialang Victor Li, Diana R. Sanchez, Katherine Isbister. DIS 2023.
5. “Generator’s Haunted”: A Brief, Spooky Account of Hauntological Effects in the Player Experience of Procedural Generation
   Max Kreminski. PCG @ FDG 2023.

2022

1. Select the Unexpected: A Statistical Heuristic for Story Sifting
   Max Kreminski, Melanie Dickinson, Noah Wardrip-Fruin, Michael Mateas. ICIDS 2022.
2. Constructing a Catbox: Story Volume Poetics in Umineko no Naku Koro ni
   Isaac Karth, Nic Junius, Max Kreminski. ICIDS 2022. [Finalist for Best Student Paper.]
3. A Demonstration of Loose Ends, a Mixed-Initiative Narrative Instrument
   Max Kreminski, Melanie Dickinson, Noah Wardrip-Fruin, Michael Mateas. ICIDS 2022.
4. Loose Ends: A Mixed-Initiative Creative Interface for Playful Storytelling
   Max Kreminski, Melanie Dickinson, Noah Wardrip-Fruin, Michael Mateas. AIIDE 2022. [Best Artifact.]
5. Narrative Instruments: AI-Based Playable Media for Storytelling
   Max Kreminski. UCSC PhD thesis.
6. Authoring for Story Sifters
   Max Kreminski, Noah Wardrip-Fruin, Michael Mateas. In The Authoring Problem: Challenges in Supporting Authoring for Interactive Digital Narratives.
7. AI for AUs: Challenges of Creating Interactive Virtual Characters for Immersive Fanfiction Sandboxes
   Max Kreminski. Metaverse Workshop @ FDG 2022.
8. Using Self-Determination Theory to Explore Enjoyment of Educational Interactive Narrative Games: A Case Study of Academical
   Katelyn M. Grasse, Max Kreminski, Noah Wardrip-Fruin, Michael Mateas, Edward F. Melcer. Frontiers in Virtual Reality.
9. Unmet Creativity Support Needs in Computationally Supported Creative Writing
   Max Kreminski, Chris Martens. In2Writing @ ACL 2022.
10. Reevaluating the Role of Relatedness in Single-Player Roleplaying Games
    Katelyn M. Grasse, Max Kreminski, Noah Wardrip-Fruin, Michael Mateas, Edward F. Melcer. SDT-HCI @ CHI 2022.
11. Conversation Balance: A Shared VR Visualization to Support Turn-taking in Meetings
    Jialang Victor Li, Max Kreminski, Sean M. Fernandes, Anya Osborne, Joshua McVeigh-Schultz, Katherine Isbister. CHI Interactivity 2022.
12. Evaluating Mixed-Initiative Creative Interfaces via Expressive Range Coverage Analysis
    Max Kreminski, Isaac Karth, Michael Mateas, Noah Wardrip-Fruin. HAI-GEN @ IUI 2022.

2021

1. Academical: A Choice-Based Interactive Storytelling Game for Enhancing Moral Reasoning, Knowledge, and Attitudes in Responsible Conduct of Research
   Katelyn M. Grasse, Edward F. Melcer, Max Kreminski, Nick Junius, James Ryan, Noah Wardrip-Fruin. In Games and Narrative: Theory and Practice.
2. A Coauthorship-Centric History of Interactive Emergent Narrative
   Max Kreminski, Michael Mateas. ICIDS 2021.
3. Toward Narrative Instruments
   Max Kreminski, Michael Mateas. ICIDS 2021. [Finalist for Best Short Paper.]
4. Emergent Narrative and Reparative Play
   Jason Grinblat, Cat Manning, Max Kreminski. ICIDS 2021. [Finalist for Best Short Paper.]
5. Opportunities for Approachable Game Development via Program Synthesis
   Max Kreminski, Michael Mateas. PLIE @ AIIDE 2021.
6. AgentCraft: An Agent-Based Minecraft Settlement Generator
   Ari Iramanesh, Max Kreminski. EXAG @ AIIDE 2021.
7. Winnow: A Domain-Specific Language for Incremental Story Sifting
   Max Kreminski, Melanie Dickinson, Michael Mateas. AIIDE 2021.
8. A Demonstration of Blabrecs, an AI-Based Wordgame
   Max Kreminski, Isaac Karth. AIIDE 2021.
9. Reflective Creators
   Max Kreminski, Michael Mateas. ICCC 2021.
10. A Genre-Specific Game Description Language for Game Boy RPGs
    Tamara Duplantis, Isaac Karth, Max Kreminski, Adam M. Smith, Michael Mateas. CoG 2021.
11. There Is No Escape: Theatricality in Hades
    Nick Junius, Max Kreminski, Michael Mateas. FDG 2021. [Best Paper.]
12. Generating Playable RPG ROMs for the Game Boy
    Isaac Karth, Tamara Duplantis, Max Kreminski, Sachita Kashyap, Vijaya Kukutla, Aaron Lo, Anika Mittal, Harvin Park, Adam M. Smith. FDG 2021. [Best Game or Demo.]
13. Social Superpowers in Social VR: Beyond Approximation of Face-to-face
    Joshua McVeigh-Schultz, Anya Osborne, Max Kreminski, Sean Fernandes, Sabrina Fielder, Victor Li, Tym Lang, Katherine Isbister. SocialVR @ CHI 2021.
14. Improving Undergraduate Attitudes Towards Responsible Conduct of Research Through an Interactive Storytelling Game
    Katelyn M. Grasse, Edward F. Melcer, Max Kreminski, Nick Junius, Noah Wardrip-Fruin. CHI LBW 2021.

2020

1. Toward Example-Driven Program Synthesis of Story Sifting Patterns
   Max Kreminski, Noah Wardrip-Fruin, Michael Mateas. INT @ AIIDE 2020.
2. Germinate: A Mixed-Initiative Casual Creator for Rhetorical Games
   Max Kreminski, Melanie Dickinson, Joseph C. Osborn, Adam Summerville, Michael Mateas, Noah Wardrip-Fruin. AIIDE 2020.
3. Playable Experiences at the 16th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment
   Melanie Dickinson, Max Kreminski, Michael Mateas, Noah Wardrip-Fruin, Sabine Wieluch. AIIDE 2020.
4. Designing to Support Authorship Play in Emergent Narrative Games
   Max Kreminski. UCSC MS thesis.
5. Tabletop Roleplaying Games as Procedural Content Generators
   Matthew Guzdial, Devi Acharya, Max Kreminski, Michael Cook, Mirjam Eladhari, Antonios Liapis, Anne Sullivan. PCG @ FDG 2020.
6. Why Are We Like This?: The AI Architecture of a Co-Creative Storytelling Game
   Max Kreminski, Melanie Dickinson, Michael Mateas, Noah Wardrip-Fruin. FDG 2020.
7. Getting Academical: A Choice-Based Interactive Storytelling Game for Teaching Responsible Conduct of Research
   Edward F. Melcer, Katelyn M. Grasse, James Ryan, Nick Junius, Max Kreminski, Dietrich Squinkifer, Brent Hill, Noah Wardrip-Fruin. FDG 2020. [Exceptional Paper.]
8. Why Are We Like This?: Exploring Writing Mechanics for an AI-Augmented Storytelling Game
   Max Kreminski, Melanie Dickinson, Michael Mateas, Noah Wardrip-Fruin. ELO 2020.
9. Teaching Responsible Conduct of Research Through an Interactive Storytelling Game
   Edward F. Melcer, James Ryan, Nick Junius, Max Kreminski, Dietrich Squinkifer, Brent Hill, Noah Wardrip-Fruin. CHI LBW 2020.

2019

1. Felt: A Simple Story Sifter
   Max Kreminski, Melanie Dickinson, Noah Wardrip-Fruin. ICIDS 2019.
2. Evaluating AI-Based Games Through Retellings
   Max Kreminski, Ben Samuel, Edward Melcer, Noah Wardrip-Fruin. AIIDE 2019.
3. Creativity Support for Story Construction Play Experiences
   Max Kreminski. AIIDE DC 2019.
4. Generative Games as Storytelling Partners
   Max Kreminski, Noah Wardrip-Fruin. UX of AI @ FDG 2019.
5. Cozy Mystery Construction Kit: Prototyping Toward an AI-Assisted Collaborative Storytelling Mystery Game
   Max Kreminski, Devi Acharya, Nick Junius, Elisabeth Oliver, Kate Compton, Melanie Dickinson, Cyril Focht, Stacey Mason, Stella Mazeika, Noah Wardrip-Fruin. PCG @ FDG 2019.
6. Generators that Read
   Max Kreminski, Isaac Karth, Noah Wardrip-Fruin. PCG @ FDG 2019.
7. StoryAssembler: An Engine for Generating Dynamic Choice-Driven Narratives
   Jacob Garbe, Max Kreminski, Ben Samuel, Noah Wardrip-Fruin, Michael Mateas. FDG 2019. [Best Paper Honorable Mention.]

2018

1. Sketching a Map of the Storylets Design Space
   Max Kreminski, Noah Wardrip-Fruin. ICIDS 2018.
2. Throwing Bottles at God: Predictive Text as a Game Mechanic in an AI-Based Narrative Game
   Max Kreminski, Noah Wardrip-Fruin. ICIDS 2018.
3. Gardening Games: An Alternative Philosophy of PCG in Games
   Max Kreminski, Noah Wardrip-Fruin. PCG @ FDG 2018.
4. Immersive Design Fiction: Using VR to Prototype Speculative Interfaces and Interaction Rituals within a Virtual Storyworld
   Joshua McVeigh-Schultz, Max Kreminski, Keshav Prasad, Perry Hoberman, Scott S. Fisher. DIS 2018.
5. Are Game Design and User Research Guidelines Specific to Virtual Reality Effective in Creating a More Optimal Player Experience? Yes: VR PLAY
   Heather Desurvire, Max Kreminski. DUXU 2018.