Every interaction between two actors has an impact on the intimacy of the relationship. This intimacy is objective (i.e. shared by both actors), the attitude towards it is objective as well (whether they want to make it more or less intimate). Only the enthusiasm of the actor is subjective: some actors are very enthusiastic, others are not.<\/p>\n
But enthusiasm only impacts the chance of a break-up (also objective). After an interaction with a higher level of intimacy, the relationship will improve, even if one of the actors is more eager than the other.<\/p>\n
It may be nice to see actors express happiness after an interaction that increased the intimacy and sadness or anger after one that didn’t. Would facial expressions be sufficient for this? Or would a certain pose or short animation be required as well? I’m not fond of the all-too-clear way in which The Sims have plus or minus graphics above their heads after an interaction.<\/p>\n
I also don’t like the idea of actors doing a “i liked it” or “i disliked it” after every interaction. And in fact, this is not necessary. The impact of the interaction is known when the interaction is chosen. So perhaps the facial expression can be used during the interaction. This would mean that a couple that is falling out of love, would shake hands with a sad face (because it is below their intimacy level). While actors who just met, would shake hands with a happy face.<\/em> Could be good.<\/p>\n Alternatively, or next to this, simple emotion expressions could also be played in between other interactions. When the past few interactions have improved the relationship, actors may play a little animation expressing contentment.<\/p>\n A break-up should probably be met with an emotional response, the strength of which possibly related to the severity of the break-up, i.e. the level of intimacy that the relationship had before the break-up. Actors may cry passionately or just bow their head, depending on how good their relationship was, before they start interacting again.<\/p>\n A break-up resets the intimacy to neutral. When the intimacy is neutral, attitude is being defined randomly. Attitude impacts whether the relationship will get better or worse. The more neutral a relationship is, the more chance attitude can go either way. Once the intimacy of a relationship evolves (towards less or towards more), attitude will tend to remain the same. Every interaction between two actors has an impact on the intimacy of the relationship. This intimacy is objective (i.e. shared by both actors), the attitude towards it is objective as well (whether they want to make it more or less intimate). Only the enthusiasm of the actor is subjective: some actors are very enthusiastic, others […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-development"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tale-of-tales.com\/DramaPrincess\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tale-of-tales.com\/DramaPrincess\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tale-of-tales.com\/DramaPrincess\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tale-of-tales.com\/DramaPrincess\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tale-of-tales.com\/DramaPrincess\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tale-of-tales.com\/DramaPrincess\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tale-of-tales.com\/DramaPrincess\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tale-of-tales.com\/DramaPrincess\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tale-of-tales.com\/DramaPrincess\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nEmotions should probably be expressed when attitude seems to have been decided upon: towards more or less intimacy (happy or mean).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"