Chris Crawford on interactive storytelling /

Chris Crawford on interactive storytelling /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Crawford, Chris, 1950-
Imprint:	Berkeley, Calif. : New Riders Games, ©2005.
Description:	1 online resource (xviii, 366 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Video games -- Design. Fiction -- Authorship. Storytelling. Computer games -- Design Fiction -- Authorship Storytelling
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13597471

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Varying Form of Title:	Interactive storytelling
ISBN:	9780132582254 0132582252 0321278909 9780321278906 9780132582261 0132582260 9781282852723 1282852728
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record.
Summary:	"Unlike video games, interactive storytelling emphasizes human interaction, rather than mechanical conflict. "Chris Crawford, a pioneer in computer games, here offers his wisdom to developers entering this field of game design."
Other form:	Print version: Crawford, Chris, 1950- Chris Crawford on interactive storytelling. Berkeley, Calif. : New Riders Games, ©2005

Table of Contents:

Story
Interactivity
Interactive storytelling
Two cultures, no hits, no runs
Abstraction
Verb thinking
Simple strategies that don't work
Environmental strategies
Data-driven strategies
Language-based strategies
Personality models
Drama managers
Verbs and events
History books and gossip
Anticipation
Roles and sequencing
Development environments
The erasmatron
Research
Distant relatives
Prognostications.