Examiner: Prof. Kristina Höök, DSV, Royal Institute of Technology
Lecturers: Ruth Aylett, Carl Heath, Jarmo Laaksolahti, Nicolas Szilas.
The art and techniques for telling stories in interactive media have long been under debate. Story telling is an integral part of human culture, as is gaming, and in many electronic games the two forms of culture meet. But gaming and story telling are not the same thing, and recently many researchers as well as practitioners have developed interactive environments where story telling is the main objective, rather than gaming.
In this mini-course we will investigate different approaches to interactive storytelling, the role of characters and drama, as well as technology directed towards interactive story telling. The students will get an opportunity to meet some European experts on interactive drama, as well as experts in the area of construction of live role playing.
The course is an intense three-day course and corresponds to 1 university point. Day one is devoted to seminars by the invited experts. Day two, the students will work together in small teams with an assignment. The assignment will concern the construction and analysis of an interactive story by pen and paper, but there will be room for partially programmed solutions. Day three, the students will present their solutions which will be thoroughly evaluated and discussed with the expert panel.
Planned
seminars:
Jarmo Laaksolahti: A history of computational narrative
Nicolas Szilas: The simulation of narrative
Ruth Aylett: Letting go - emergent narrative and interactive narrative
Carl Heath: Storyline and intrigue in live action role playing
Kristina Höök: The affective loop
Lecture notes from the course.
The course is mainly directed to Ph.D. students in any of the subjects interaction design, HCI, computer science or computer technology. Practitioners such as game designers and developers are also welcome.
The course is held in English.
Send an email to Annika Waern at SICS (annika@sics.se) with name and contact details, as well as some documentation of your background. Last day for applying is August 20th. More details about the course will be sent out in the last week of august. The course is limited to 30 students.
The cost for attending is 1200 SEK, which includes coffee and lunch for three days and a 'course dinner' on September 2nd.
The course is arranged by the Royal Institute of Technology in collaboration with Mötesplats Upplevelseindustrin – Karlshamn, NetPort, and the SICS Gametheme.
Days: September 1 - 3
Place: DSV, Stockholm University
Cost: 1200 SEK includes lunch and coffee for three days and a joint course dinner on Sept. 2nd.