Novella 2.0: A hypertextual architecture for interactive narrative in games
Authors: Green, D., Hargood, C. and Charles, F.
Journal: HT 2019 - Proceedings of the 30th ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media
Pages: 77-86
DOI: 10.1145/3342220.3343655
Abstract:The hypertext community has a history of research in Interactive Digital Narrative (IDN), including experimental works [27] and systems to support authoring [6]. Arguably the most prevalent contemporary form of IDN is within the world of computer games where a mixture of large-scale commercial works and smaller indie experimental pieces continue to develop new forms of interactive storytelling. We can explore these pieces through the lens of hypertextual theory and support them with hypertextual architectures, but there are unique challenges within modern game-based storytelling that these frameworks sometimes struggle to capture on a content level, leaving us in some cases with insufficient models and vocabulary. In this paper, we build upon previous work [19] by presenting a discussion on techniques of modeling video game narrative. This is followed by thorough presentation and demonstration of our game-centric theoretical model of interactive narrative, Novella 2.0, which builds upon our previous contributions. This model is then positioned within a novel architecture for the authoring, interchange, integration, and simulation of video game narrative. We present alongside the architecture four key innovations towards supporting game narrative. We include support for Discoverable Narrative and other game narrative content alongside structural features in a deference of responsibility to game engines and our own approach to mixing calligraphic and sculptural hypertext structure.
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/32397/
Source: Scopus
Novella 2.0: A Hypertextual Architecture for Interactive Narrative in Games
Authors: Green, D., Hargood, C. and Charles, F.
Journal: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 30TH ACM CONFERENCE ON HYPERTEXT AND SOCIAL MEDIA (HT '19)
Pages: 77-86
DOI: 10.1145/3342220.3343655
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/32397/
Source: Web of Science (Lite)
Novella 2.0: A Hypertextual Architecture for Interactive Narrative in Games
Authors: Green, D., Hargood, C. and Charles, F.
Conference: ACM Hypertext
Dates: 17 September-20 June 2019
Abstract:The hypertext community has a history of research in Interactive Digital Narrative (IDN), including experimental works and systems to support authoring. Arguably the most prevalent contemporary form of IDN is within the world of computer games where a mixture of large-scale commercial works and smaller indie experimental pieces continue to develop new forms of interactive storytelling. We can explore these pieces through the lens of hyper- textual theory and support them with hypertextual architectures, but there are unique challenges within modern game-based storytelling that these frameworks sometimes struggle to capture on a content level, leaving us in some cases with insufficient models and vocabulary. In this paper, we build upon previous work by presenting a discussion on techniques of modeling video game narrative. This is followed by thorough presentation and demonstration of our game-centric theoretical model of interactive narrative, Novella 2.0, which builds upon our previous contributions. This model is then positioned within a novel architecture for the authoring, interchange, integration, and simulation of video game narrative. We present alongside the architecture four key innovations towards supporting game narrative. We include support for Discoverable Narrative and other game narrative content alongside structural features in a deference of responsibility to game engines and our own approach to mixing calligraphic and sculptural hypertext structure.
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/32397/
Source: Manual
Novella 2.0: A Hypertextual Architecture for Interactive Narrative in Games
Authors: Green, D., Hargood, C. and Charles, F.
Conference: ACM Hypertext 2019
Abstract:The hypertext community has a history of research in Interactive Digital Narrative (IDN), including experimental works and systems to support authoring. Arguably the most prevalent contemporary form of IDN is within the world of computer games where a mixture of large-scale commercial works and smaller indie experimental pieces continue to develop new forms of interactive storytelling. We can explore these pieces through the lens of hyper- textual theory and support them with hypertextual architectures, but there are unique challenges within modern game-based storytelling that these frameworks sometimes struggle to capture on a content level, leaving us in some cases with insufficient models and vocabulary. In this paper, we build upon previous work by presenting a discussion on techniques of modeling video game narrative. This is followed by thorough presentation and demonstration of our game-centric theoretical model of interactive narrative, Novella 2.0, which builds upon our previous contributions. This model is then positioned within a novel architecture for the authoring, interchange, integration, and simulation of video game narrative. We present alongside the architecture four key innovations towards supporting game narrative. We include support for Discoverable Narrative and other game narrative content alongside structural features in a deference of responsibility to game engines and our own approach to mixing calligraphic and sculptural hyper- text structure.
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/32397/
https://human.iisys.de/ht2019/
Source: BURO EPrints