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How do writing tools shape interactive stories?

How do writing tools shape interactive stories?
How do writing tools shape interactive stories?
Interactive Digital Storytelling is a diverse field, with a variety of different tools and platforms, many of them bespoke. Understanding how these tools effect the stories created using them would allow authors to better select tools for projects, and help developers understand the consequences of their design decisions. We present an initial exploration of this question, using a critical reflection method to analyze the process of adapting a story from StoryPlaces into both Twine and Inform 7. We report four significant differences that posed challenges for adaptation: support for rewinding and/or revisiting, the definition and description of locations, the way in which text is delivered to the reader, and how navigational cues are provided to help readers progress the story. Our observations show that tools impact the stories created using them in ways that are not obvious when working with one platform alone.
Interactive Storytelling, Writing Tools, Interactive Story Authoring, Hypertext Fiction, Interactive Fiction, Location Aware Narratives
514-522
Springer
Kitromili, Sofia
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Jordan, James
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Millard, David
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Rouse, R.
Koenitz, H.
Haahr, M.
Kitromili, Sofia
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Jordan, James
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Millard, David
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Rouse, R.
Koenitz, H.
Haahr, M.

Kitromili, Sofia, Jordan, James and Millard, David (2018) How do writing tools shape interactive stories? Rouse, R., Koenitz, H. and Haahr, M. (eds.) In Interactive Storytelling: ICIDS 2018. vol. 11318, Springer. pp. 514-522 . (doi:10.1007/978-3-030-04028-4_60).

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Abstract

Interactive Digital Storytelling is a diverse field, with a variety of different tools and platforms, many of them bespoke. Understanding how these tools effect the stories created using them would allow authors to better select tools for projects, and help developers understand the consequences of their design decisions. We present an initial exploration of this question, using a critical reflection method to analyze the process of adapting a story from StoryPlaces into both Twine and Inform 7. We report four significant differences that posed challenges for adaptation: support for rewinding and/or revisiting, the definition and description of locations, the way in which text is delivered to the reader, and how navigational cues are provided to help readers progress the story. Our observations show that tools impact the stories created using them in ways that are not obvious when working with one platform alone.

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Accepted/In Press date: 2018
e-pub ahead of print date: 21 November 2018
Keywords: Interactive Storytelling, Writing Tools, Interactive Story Authoring, Hypertext Fiction, Interactive Fiction, Location Aware Narratives

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Local EPrints ID: 425437
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/425437
PURE UUID: b10b3f25-f6d7-42d9-ab03-6be900693909
ORCID for David Millard: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7512-2710

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Date deposited: 19 Oct 2018 16:30
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 07:28

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Author: Sofia Kitromili
Author: James Jordan
Author: David Millard ORCID iD
Editor: R. Rouse
Editor: H. Koenitz
Editor: M. Haahr

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