Breaking Points ― A Continuously Developing Interactive Digital Narrative

Hartmut Koenitz; Tonguc Ibrahim Sezen; Digdem Sezen

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-02756-2_12

Breaking Points ― A Continuously Developing Interactive Digital Narrative

Hartmut Koenitz, Tonguc Ibrahim Sezen, Digdem Sezen

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Breaking Points is an interactive digital narrative (IDN) that puts the user in the position of a young woman who feels trapped in a daily routine she would like to escape from. The narrative design connects more important decisions with seemingly trivial ones and presents the user with immediate and delayed consequence in the form of narrative feedback, for a complex and more life-like experience. By aligning the experience of a single walkthrough with a day in the life of the heroine, the project invites replay. The project is also a study of authorial challenges and opportunities offered by different authoring modes, namely the switch from coding from scratch to the ASAPS environment. As the project is prepared for release on touch-based tablets, the paper focuses on how changes in the underlying technology have afforded continuous reshaping of the narrative.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Interactive Storytelling. ICIDS 2013
Editors	H Koenitz, T I Sezen, G Ferri, M Haahr , D Sezen, G C̨atak
Publisher	Springer
Pages	107-113
ISBN (Print)	9783319027555
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02756-2_12
Publication status	Published - 6 Nov 2013
Event	6th International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling - Istanbul, Turkey Duration: 6 Nov 2013 → 9 Nov 2013 http://gamesandnarrative.net/icids2013/

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Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume	8230

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Conference	6th International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling
Abbreviated title	ICIDS 2013
Country/Territory	Turkey
City	Istanbul
Period	6/11/13 → 9/11/13
Internet address	http://gamesandnarrative.net/icids2013/

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Koenitz, H, Sezen, TI & Sezen, D 2013, Breaking Points ― A Continuously Developing Interactive Digital Narrative. in H Koenitz, TI Sezen, G Ferri, M Haahr , D Sezen & G C̨atak (eds), Interactive Storytelling. ICIDS 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 8230, Springer, pp. 107-113, 6th International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling, Istanbul, Turkey, 6/11/13. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02756-2_12

Breaking Points ― A Continuously Developing Interactive Digital Narrative. / Koenitz, Hartmut; Sezen, Tonguc Ibrahim; Sezen, Digdem.
Interactive Storytelling. ICIDS 2013. ed. / H Koenitz; T I Sezen; G Ferri; M Haahr ; D Sezen; G C̨atak. Springer, 2013. p. 107-113 ( Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 8230).

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