Multi-user Interactive Drama: A Micro User Drama in Process

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Abstract

Process dramas emerge through the interplay of a number of factors including the types of participants and the context of the interaction. The term 'process drama' was coined by Cecily O'Neil, whose approach to theater in education practice explores the interplay of structure and spontaneity in dramatic workshops directed towards a thematic dialogue. The analysis presented here refers to O'Neil's model in order to explore the factors that influence what is arguably the focal point of computer-mediated multi-user dramas, the individual user's real time experience of that drama. It is proposed that The User Drama can be identified as a six phase process: 1) Perceive and Expect, 2) Invest and Express, 3) Experience Results, 4) Loop, 5) Merge and 6) Reflect.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInteractive Storytelling - 4th International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling, ICIDS 2011, Proceedings
EditorsMei Si, David Thue, Elisabeth André, James C. Lester, Theresa Jean Tanenbaum, Veronica Zammitto
Place of PublicationHeidelberg
PublisherSpringer Link
Pages199-206
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-642-25289-1
ISBN (Print)978-3-642-25288-4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011
Externally publishedYes
Event4th International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling, ICIDS 2011 - Vancouver, BC, Canada
Duration: 28 Nov 20111 Dec 2011

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume7069 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference4th International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling, ICIDS 2011
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityVancouver, BC
Period28/11/111/12/11

Keywords

  • Interactive Drama
  • Interactive Narrative

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