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Interactive storytelling : techniques for 21st century fiction / Andrew Glassner.

Summary:

"The integration of new technologies with traditional storytelling drives the development of an exciting new kind of interactive story form that will involve audiences as active participants. This book provides a solid foundation in the fundamentals of both classical story and game structure. Andrew Glassner explains the surprising difficulties in bringing these two activities together."--Jacket.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1568812213
  • ISBN: 9781568812212
  • Physical Description: xiii, 511 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
  • Publisher: Natick, Mass. : A.K. Peters, [2004]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 471-505) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
I. Introduction -- 1. People, Stories, and Games -- II. Story Structure -- 2. Character -- 3. Plot -- 4. Story Technique -- III. Game Structure -- 5. Game Experience -- 6. Rules and Scoring -- 7. Gameplay -- IV. Merging Stories and Games -- 8. Structures -- 9. Branching and Hypertext -- 10. Common Pitfalls -- 11. First Steps -- V. Story Environments -- 12. Story Environments -- 13. Designing for Participation -- 14. Experiments.
Subject:
Entertainment computing.
Interactive multimedia.
Virtual reality.

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  • 2 of 2 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 2 of 2 copies available at Onslow County Public Library.

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Summary: "The integration of new technologies with traditional storytelling drives the development of an exciting new kind of interactive story form that will involve audiences as active participants. This book provides a solid foundation in the fundamentals of both classical story and game structure. Andrew Glassner explains the surprising difficulties in bringing these two activities together."--Jacket.