Research prototype Formal evaluation pending
Author-Constrained Improvisation AINPC · CHARACTERS & AUTHORSHIP
Giving characters room to improvise without crossing the boundaries set by their authors.
Read a brief noteAbout YUISIU ZHANG
Education EDUCATION
Internships EXPERIENCE
Projects & Teaching SELECTED
Skills TOOLKIT
Workshops & Public Work SELECTED
Research directions QUESTIONS & POSSIBILITIES · 2026
RESEARCH OVERVIEW
These four directions examine character action, world creation, interactive narrative and future playable worlds. Each note states the question, current stage and what is public; methods, evaluations and development material that are not ready remain private.
SHARED INTEREST · PEOPLE IN AI-GENERATED WORLDS
When AI begins to shape character actions and game worlds, I ask whether people can understand what changed—and choose to accept, revise or refuse it.
Early development Initial scene and input audit complete
AI World Generator AIWG · WORLDS & AUTHORSHIP
Turning environment, gameplay and preference inputs into a reviewable level brief, then testing whether it becomes genuinely playable in UE.
Read a brief noteMaster’s thesis Web-to-UE intake path validated
Readable/Unreadable 可/不可读取
An interactive narrative set in a fictional hospital, where a system tries to read the player—and the player can inspect, correct or refuse that reading.
Read a brief noteFuture research proposal Planning · Not implemented
Open-Ended Playable-World Generation WORKING DESCRIPTION · PROPOSED PHD STUDY
A proposal about play and space emerging together, and how authors and players might take part.
Read a brief noteThese pages document research in progress; they do not present completed findings. Public detail varies by project, while unreleased methods, evaluation material and development files remain private.
Selected Projects ROLE · METHOD · SCOPE
PROJECT NOTES
These three projects include process and outcome material you can inspect directly. Open a case study to see what I was responsible for, how I worked, and whether the project was independent, collaborative or workshop-based.
Creative & Technical Archive 7 EARLIER WORKS · 2022 — 2023
ARCHIVE NOTE
These earlier games, animations, spatial narratives and product designs trace my move from visual practice into interaction research. They are presented as a creative archive, not as research findings.
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