Project Aporia: An Exploration of Narrative Understanding of Environmental Storytelling in an Open World Scenario

S. H Bevensee; Kasper Alexander Dahlsgaard Boisen; Mikael Peter Olsen; Henrik Schoenau-Fog; Luis Emilio Bruni

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-34851-8_9

Project Aporia: An Exploration of Narrative Understanding of Environmental Storytelling in an Open World Scenario

S. H Bevensee, Kasper Alexander Dahlsgaard Boisen, Mikael Peter Olsen, Henrik Schoenau-Fog, Luis Emilio Bruni

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The genre of interactive narratives in computer games has been researched extensively in the past. However, it still seems that there is a potential for investigating how a narrative can be conveyed solely through environmental storytelling. This paper reports an experimental study which examines the understanding of a pre-written story which is mediated without the use of characters, dialogue, or words and only through the environment in the prototypical game 'Aporia'. The evaluation of the story construction in Aporia analyses and quantifies written open-ended answers and compares them to the pre-defined elements of the story. The findings indicate that Aporia mediates a narrative potential, which generates emergent narratives among users rather than mediating an embedded and evoked narrative. © 2012 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Interactive Storytelling : 5th International Conference, ICIDS 2012, San Sebastián, Spain, November 12-15, 2012. Proceedings
Number of pages	6
Volume	7648
Place of Publication	Berlin
Publisher	Springer
Publication date	2012
Pages	96-101
ISBN (Print)	978-3-642-34850-1
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-642-34851-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34851-8_9
Publication status	Published - 2012
Event	International Conference in Interactive Storytelling (ICIDS 2012) - San Sebastián, Spain Duration: 12 Nov 2012 → 15 Nov 2012

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Conference	International Conference in Interactive Storytelling (ICIDS 2012)
Country/Territory	Spain
City	San Sebastián
Period	12/11/2012 → 15/11/2012

Series	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
ISSN	0302-9743

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Bevensee, S. H., Boisen, K. A. D., Olsen, M. P., Schoenau-Fog, H., & Bruni, L. E. (2012). Project Aporia: An Exploration of Narrative Understanding of Environmental Storytelling in an Open World Scenario. In Interactive Storytelling: 5th International Conference, ICIDS 2012, San Sebastián, Spain, November 12-15, 2012. Proceedings (Vol. 7648, pp. 96-101). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34851-8_9

Bevensee, S. H ; Boisen, Kasper Alexander Dahlsgaard ; Olsen, Mikael Peter et al. / Project Aporia : An Exploration of Narrative Understanding of Environmental Storytelling in an Open World Scenario. Interactive Storytelling: 5th International Conference, ICIDS 2012, San Sebastián, Spain, November 12-15, 2012. Proceedings. Vol. 7648 Berlin : Springer, 2012. pp. 96-101 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

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Bevensee, SH, Boisen, KAD, Olsen, MP, Schoenau-Fog, H & Bruni, LE 2012, Project Aporia: An Exploration of Narrative Understanding of Environmental Storytelling in an Open World Scenario. in Interactive Storytelling: 5th International Conference, ICIDS 2012, San Sebastián, Spain, November 12-15, 2012. Proceedings. vol. 7648, Springer, Berlin, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pp. 96-101, International Conference in Interactive Storytelling (ICIDS 2012), San Sebastián, Spain, 12/11/2012. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34851-8_9

Project Aporia: An Exploration of Narrative Understanding of Environmental Storytelling in an Open World Scenario. / Bevensee, S. H; Boisen, Kasper Alexander Dahlsgaard; Olsen, Mikael Peter et al.
Interactive Storytelling: 5th International Conference, ICIDS 2012, San Sebastián, Spain, November 12-15, 2012. Proceedings. Vol. 7648 Berlin: Springer, 2012. p. 96-101 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

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