Ok reintroduction time I guess.

I am a 42 year old #actuallyautistic Scottish #trans woman. I did my degree in #computerscience and attempted a PhD in #interactivenarrative before stuff happened and anyway now I'm back at university studying #audioengineering.

I like #music but I am bad at it and I try to impress people by saying I speak five #languages but between you and me I'm bad at them, too.

I'm into #ffxiv as my avatar probably indicates, FF in general, really, and I think #anime is real I mean good. That'll do I think. What else do you need to know?

I think Stacey Mason's PhD thesis, Responsiveness in Narrative Systems, provides a terrific way to think about player agency and game responsiveness as the two sides of a dialogue between player and game, and to start thinking about the different kinds of responsiveness and where we might look for low-hanging fruit in our own designs.

But it's also nearly 300 pages: it's hard to say, "hey everybody, go read this!" So I finally wrote down my attempt at a "good bits" summary[1] hoping to inspire more people to dig into this.

https://joshgrams.com/2024/07/responsiveness-notes.html

[1]: haha, yeah right, *most* of it is good bits

#InteractiveFiction #InteractiveNarrative

I spend a lot of time trying to make the Interactive Comic Book Maker draw lines that look really good, buuuut...

Introducing the *ugliest*, and also the most *widely requested* feature that I've made - the ability to scribble on the page.

It can be used to plan or communicate before the art is done, scribble *on* the art to give feedback, or if you just love the janky MS paint aesthetic, you can even include it in the final comic with the tick of a box.

http://icbm.games

#GameDev #Comic #ICBM #InteractiveNarrative #GodotEngine

David Bolter

David Bolter, with his enthusiasm for hypertexts and pioneering work on Storyspace, demonstrates how technology is not just a tool but a collaborator in storytelling, inviting us to co-create and explore narratives in multidimensional spaces. #DavidBolter #Storyspace #InteractiveNarrative

"Shadows on the Vatican: Nightingale" is 30% off for the #SteamWinterSale. Isn't some #interactiveNarrative about #empathy perfect for #xmas?
Same discount on the #soundtrack too!

(And the whole SotV series is super-cheap!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3Da5plPETA

"Shadows on the Vatican: Nightingale":
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1182530/Shadows_on_the_Vatican_Nightingale/

"Shadows on the Vatican - Series" bundle:
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/8746/Shadows_on_the_Vatican__Series/

#steam #shortgame #interactiveFiction

It's #SteamSpringSale time, folks!
Get "Shadows on the Vatican: Nightingale" with a 25% discount: https://bit.ly/NG_Steam

#interactiveNarrative #shortGame #interactiveFiction #gameTrailer