Pre-conference Demo Workshop 'Little Red Cap': The Authoring Process in Interactive Storytelling

摘要

Over the last several years, conferences in the field of interactive entertainment have showcased numerous presentations concerning concepts and technology for Interactive Digital Storytelling: runtime systems, such as story engines, intelligent / autonomous agents, drama managers and conversational systems. They focus on solutions to the problem of combining dramatic storytelling with user interactivity. In contrast to the many technical contributions concerning runtime performance, few discussions have been initiated about the question of how a new breed of "interactive storytellers" would create concrete original artefacts with the proposed systems. In our opinion, the authoring process is likely to be a serious bottleneck for generating innovative products in the future. This workshop takes a detailed and applied look at the creative process currently associated with state-of-the-art technology. Creators, researchers and tool developers present authoring approaches, show hands-on examples of creation and discuss with each other the prospects of a shared understanding of the future production process in Interactive Digital Storytelling. Demonstrations cover the principles and usage of visual editors for non-programmers, as well as the detailed steps of using script languages in an explained design process.