Hello.

I'm a student at the Aalborg University in Denmark, and I'm doing a research on Non-Player Characters in Computer Role-playing games.

I have posted a short list of questions that I hope you will answer for me. Take as much time with it as you like, any serious answer can be used. It should not take long to do all the questions, but if you feel like writing an essay please go ahead.

Should you find some questions you can´t answer, Just skip and continue to the next question.  

You can copy the questions and answers and send them to my e-mail on [email protected]. Please name the subject as "NPC Survey". 

I hope you are interested in helping me, thank you in advance!

Regards,

Brian 'Pinday' Jørgensen

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• 1. Can you describe what a NPC is?

Can you describe what a CRPG is?

Do you see yourself as a CRPG-Player?

How much do you play?

What kind (if any) CRPGs do you play? (you can give a list of games if you want to)

What do you think makes this/these particular games go under the RPG-category?

• 2. Do you think that the NPCs in modern CRPG are too static? (ex. That the NPC lack interaction contents)

If yes, what do you think can be improved?

• 3. What do you like about a NPC?

Ex. The way a quest is given, the behavior and the combat,

What do you not like about a NPC?

Is good animation (I.E movements) important/required for a good NPC?

• 4. How do you interact with a NPC?

How would you prefer to interact with a NPC?

Are you interested in interacting with a NPC?

• 5. Is it necessary for a NPC to have humanlike behavior? (given that the typical NPC is some sort of humanoid)

Define your answer!