Shi Johnson-Bey
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Shi Johnson-Bey

Google Scholar ID: kL-TJAwAAAAJ
University of California - Santa Cruz
character-based social simulationsocial simulationinteractive narrativemulti-agent systemsvideo games
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Clicking some of the silly options: Exploring Player Motivation in Static and Dynamic Educational Interactive Narratives
2025
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Research Experience
  • Focused on developing social simulation tools for storytelling within games.
Education
  • Ph.D. Candidate in Computational Media @ UC Santa Cruz
Background
  • My name is Ishmael "Shi" Johnson-Bey (pronounced like "shy"). My research focuses on building tools to help people use social simulations for emergent storytelling in games. Think of it like The Sims, but more simple. My goal is to build tools that make it easier for people to tell stories where the narrative progression is influenced by simulated relationships between characters.
Miscellany
  • Aside from coding, I enjoy creating logos and stickers because I think that they make people feel special and like they are a part of something. Some of my work is available on RedBubble, but most of the pieces are not actively for sale.