Lecture(s)

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Read

Chapter 2 from Ryan, Marie-Laure. Narrative as Virtual Reality “The Many Forms of Interactivity.”.

Explore

We will break into groups and each play one of the following games. As you play, take notes on how the game is structured, the type of game, the story, and speculate on what type of data was useful to the designers.

Also answer: what should be changed to tell a better story

Read Cárdenas, micha. “Redshift and Portamental.” Interactive fiction. 2014.

Electronic Literature Collection - Volume 3

The ELC3 is a mirror of a specific moment in time occurring across continents, languages, and platforms during the second decade of the twenty-first century. This collection parallels the works collected, operating in symbiotic relation with programs and processes, images and texts, readers and writers-and you.

collection.eliterature.org

CA Academy of Sciences

Cornucopia

In this game, students level up the farm with green technology to meet the space and water needs of their crops.

www.calacademy.org

Further Reading

• Murray, Janet. “Chapter 5: Agency” and “2016 Update.” From Hamlet on the Holodeck: The Future of Narrative in Cyberspace, updated edition.
• Anderson-Barkley, Taylor and Kira Fogley. “Activism in Video Games: A New Voice for Social Change.” In Woke Gaming. Edited by Kishonna Gray.
• Bertolo, Maresa, Ilaria Mariani, and Eleonora Alberello Conti. “DiscrimiNation: A Persuasive Board Game to Challenge Discriminatory Justifications and Prejudices.” In Woke Gaming. Edited by Kishonna Gray.