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Abstract
The field of Emergent Narrative in digital narrative studies has seen a lot of research since its inception in 1999, and a lot of it is helpful, but also there has been confusion in terms and a lack of focus on the specifics of how the narrative is shaped in the mind of the player. The term itself has been used to both describe the ensuing field, the concept, the process, and the resulting narrative experience. This paper aims to clarify these misunderstandings by investigating the field and defining the term “afterstory” to help solidify the relationship between the differing aspects of Emergent Narrative. Afterstory is specifically defined as the virtual, mental story that exists in the player’s mind after play and informed by the interactions and their perspective on them. Then, using previous work on retellings, the paper will relate afterstory to how people retell their afterstories, and what we can use those retellings for in relation to the system that helped form them. In conclusion, some examples will be brought forth that showcase the difficult nature of extrapolating a retelling’s quality to its interactive narrative system’s quality, but how it can still be done with careful, purposeful analysis.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Interactive Storytelling : 12th International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling, ICIDS 2019, Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT, USA, November 19–22, 2019, Proceedings |
Editors | Rogelio E. Cardona-Rivera, R. Michael Young, Anne Sullivan |
Number of pages | 14 |
Publisher | Springer |
Publication date | 30 Nov 2019 |
Pages | 190-203 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-3-030-33893-0 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-3-030-33894-7 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 30 Nov 2019 |
Event | International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling: ICIDS 2019: Interactive Storytelling - , United States Duration: 19 Oct 2019 → 23 Nov 2019 https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-33894-7 |
Conference
Conference | International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling |
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Country/Territory | United States |
Period | 19/10/2019 → 23/11/2019 |
Internet address |
Series | Lecture Notes in Computer Science |
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Volume | 11869 |
ISSN | 0302-9743 |
Keywords
- Afterstory
- Emergent Narrative
- Emergent storytelling
- Interactive Digital Narrative
- Retelling
- Storyworld
Projects
- 2 Active
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ViZARTS: Visualization and Adaptive Real-Time Storytelling - for Film, Animation and Games
Fog, H. S., Larsen, B. A., Reng, L., Bruni, L. E., Selvig, D. R., Mødekjær, C., Hussain, A., Pasalic, A., Thomsen, M. R., Ditlevsen, D. H., Gymoese, T. & Risvang, A. K.
01/10/2019 → …
Project: Research
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SMILE: SMILE Lab - Samsung Media Innovation Lab for Education
Reng, L. & Fog, H. S.
01/01/2014 → …
Project: Other