A Framework for Adaptive Game Presenters with Emotions and Social Comments

Table 4

A sample of common messages of the communication protocol (API) for race games.

Message ID	Message content	Explanation
Start race	Number of players	New game session begins
End race	List of players and positions	Current game session ends. The list of players is used to denote their order (who came first, whether a player was close enough to finish, whether they are left behind)
Route selected	Route, miles, difficulty, day/night, forward/backward, location	Notifies the presenter about the selected route.
Overtake	Player 1, player 2, time	Notifies the presenter whether a player is now ahead of another.
Gained bonus	Player, bonus	Notifies the presenter each time a player gets a bonus
Turbo boost	Player, amount	Notifies the presenter if a player uses turbo
Pit stop	Player, elapsed time	Notifies for a player pit stop and the elapsed time
Checkpoint	Player, checkpoint, time	Notifies whenever a player reaches a checkpoint
Pause/Resume	Is paused	The game is paused/resumed