Experiencing interactive narrative: A qualitative analysis of Façade

Entertainment Computing

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 39-52

  Seif El Nasr, Magy ^a   Milam, David ^b   Maygoli, Tony ^a,b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Design; Interactive narrative; Storytelling; User experience

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; DESIGN;

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; INTERACTIVE NARRATIVE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SINGLE USERS; STORYTELLING; TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT; USER DATA; USER EXPERIENCE;

RESEARCH;

EID: 84870314855     PISSN: 18759521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.entcom.2012.09.004     Document Type: Article

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