Interactive story writing in the classroom: Using computer games

Proceedings of DiGRA 2005 Conference: Changing Views - Worlds in Play

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Carbonaro, Mike ^a   Cutumisu, Maria ^a   McNaughton, Matthew ^a   Onuczko, Curtis ^a   Roy, Thomas ^a   Schaeffer, Jonathan ^a   Szafron, Duane ^a   Gillis, Stephanie ^b   Kratchmer, Sabrina ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Holy Trinity High School   (Canada)

^c Ardrossan Junior Senior High School   (Canada)

Author keywords

Interactive story writing; Neverwinter nights; Role playing games; Scripting

Indexed keywords

ALBERTA; COMPUTER GAME; HIGH SCHOOL; INTERACTIVE STORIES; LOW LEVEL; NEVERWINTER NIGHTS; ROLE-PLAYING GAME; SCRIPTING; STATE OF THE ART; STORY UNIT;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CURRICULA; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 84873335571     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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