ICIDS 2017: Interactive Storytelling pp 295-298 | Cite as

What is a Convention in Interactive Narrative Design?

  • Hartmut Koenitz
  • Christian Roth
  • Teun Dubbelman
  • Noam Knoller
Conference paper
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Part of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series (LNCS, volume 10690)

Abstract

This paper reports on an aspect of a long-term project to create a body of evidence-based interactive narrative design methods. In this context, we discuss aspects of formal design descriptions as a basis for a quantitative approach to verify the effects of design choices on the experience of audiences. Specifically, we discuss the notion of ‘design conventions’ by acknowledging earlier usages of the term and the related discourse in video game studies.

Keywords

Interactive digital narrative Interactive narrative design User study Design conventions 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Hartmut Koenitz
    • 1
  • Christian Roth
    • 1
  • Teun Dubbelman
    • 1
  • Noam Knoller
    • 1
  1. 1.HKU University of the Arts Utrecht, Professorship Interactive Narrative DesignUtrechtThe Netherlands

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