Towards consistency in interactive storytelling: Tension arcs and dead-ends

Computers in Entertainment

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Barros, Leandro Motta ^a   Musse, Soraia Raupp ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Interactive storytelling; Narratives; Planning; Riddles; Story dead ends; Tension arcs

Indexed keywords

INTERACTIVE STORYTELLING; NARRATIVES; RIDDLES; STORY DEAD-ENDS; TENSION ARCS;

EID: 56349134003     PISSN: 15443574     EISSN: 15443981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1394021.1394036     Document Type: Article

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