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Storytelling in Serious Games

  • Antonia KampaEmail author
  • Susanne Haake
  • Paolo Burelli
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Abstract

This chapter about storytelling and interactivity in storytelling first explains on various serious games examples foundations of storytelling. Then storytelling in Interactive Media with regard to serious games is described. Further the current state of the art on Interactive Digital Storytelling is presented including example experiences, authoring tools and challenges in the field combined with examples of serious games. This chapter closes concluding with open storytelling challenges and opportunities in serious games development and recommending further literature on the subject.

Keywords

Narrating techniques Serious games Interactive media Interactive digital storytelling 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.RheinMain University of Applied SciencesWiesbadenGermany
  2. 2.University of Education WeingartenWeingartenGermany
  3. 3.Aalborg University Copenhagen and Tactile Entertainment APSCopenhagenGermany

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