Abstract: A computer game support system, game design method and system is disclosed. A plot element data repository encodes an abstract representation of computer game plot elements. A gaming environment is provided to one or more clients in dependence on the abstract representation. Plot element data encodes blocks for forming the abstract representation of computer game plot elements, said blocks being interlinkable, each block representing a computer game element or an attribute of a computer game element, links between blocks defining relationships between said represented computer game elements or attributes.

Abstract: A Computer Implemented Intelligent Agent System, Method and Game System are disclosed. Intelligent agent systems are configured to have a long-term and a short term memory in a data repository. The data repository encodes data on a plurality of behavioural attributes for the intelligent agent, each of the plurality of behavioural attributes comprising a value within a predetermined range, the relative position of the value in the range defining the relative behavioural state of the intelligent agent. A processor is configured to execute computer program code to execute an artificial intelligence module, including computer program code configured to receive an input, computer program code configured to access the data repository in dependence on the input to obtain a state of the intelligent agent with respect to the input and, computer program code configured to process the input in dependence on the obtained state and determine an output.