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Engaging the Community in Collecting Interactive Narrative Design Conventions

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Hartmut Koenitz,

Christian Roth,

Teun DubbelmanAuthors Info & Claims

CHI PLAY '18 Extended Abstracts: Proceedings of the 2018 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play Companion Extended Abstracts

Pages 487 - 492

https://doi.org/10.1145/3270316.3271533

Published: 23 October 2018 Publication History

Abstract

During the last three decades, many successful interactive narrative projects have been realized, including many games. However, the respective design knowledge mostly rests with individual designers, who are self-trained and use private, inaccessible vocabulary. This state of affairs is an obstacle to further development and a considerable challenge to the professional training of future narrative designers. To address this issue, a multi-pronged approach is necessary, which includes the creation of a body of empirically verified design knowledge, a related ontology to enable a dialogue between practice, education and research, as well as specific curricula and pedagogical concepts. The authors are actively researching these different elements and have developed a method to empirically verify design convention candidates. At this time, we are introducing the ontology and on that basis an online platform for the collection of convention candidates that opens our effort to a wider community of practitioners and researchers.

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Koenitz HRoth CMekler E(2024)Alternate realities in interactive digital narratives – understanding and improving design and prosocial effects through empirical methodsMultimedia Tools and Applications10.1007/s11042-024-18884-883:15(46757-46778)Online publication date: 3-Apr-2024
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-024-18884-8
Koenitz HRoth CDubbelman T(2018)Creating and Sharing Interactive Narrative Design Knowledge – A Multipronged ApproachInteractive Storytelling10.1007/978-3-030-04028-4_15(165-170)Online publication date: 5-Dec-2018
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/978-3-030-04028-4_15

Index Terms

Engaging the Community in Collecting Interactive Narrative Design Conventions
1. Applied computing
  1. Computers in other domains
    1. Personal computers and PC applications
      1. Computer games
2. General and reference
  1. Cross-computing tools and techniques
    1. Design

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CHI PLAY '18 Extended Abstracts: Proceedings of the 2018 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play Companion Extended Abstracts

October 2018

725 pages

ISBN:9781450359689

DOI:10.1145/3270316

General Chairs:
Florian 'Floyd' Mueller
Exertion Games Lab, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
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Daniel Johnson
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
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Ben Schouten
Eindhoven University of Technology and Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands
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Phoebe O. Toups Dugas
Play & Interactive Experiences for Learning Lab, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA
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Peta Wyeth
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia

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Koenitz HRoth CMekler E(2024)Alternate realities in interactive digital narratives – understanding and improving design and prosocial effects through empirical methodsMultimedia Tools and Applications10.1007/s11042-024-18884-883:15(46757-46778)Online publication date: 3-Apr-2024
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-024-18884-8
Koenitz HRoth CDubbelman T(2018)Creating and Sharing Interactive Narrative Design Knowledge – A Multipronged ApproachInteractive Storytelling10.1007/978-3-030-04028-4_15(165-170)Online publication date: 5-Dec-2018
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/978-3-030-04028-4_15

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