Comments on: Exploring interactive storytelling http://blog.threepress.org/2009/11/30/interactive-storytelling/ Threepress creates software for publishers, educators and authors. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:57:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Emily Short http://blog.threepress.org/2009/11/30/interactive-storytelling/comment-page-1/#comment-1565 Emily Short Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:20:56 +0000 http://blog.threepress.org/?p=805#comment-1565 Besides Penguin's project, I was thinking of the following (some of which are advertising projects tied to books, others new fiction in their own right): http://teresaslack.blogspot.com/2009/10/interactive-fiction-series-for-girls.html http://www.mifiction.co.uk/ http://www.cyoa.com/public/index.html (reprints from the 80s, but also new material) http://www.prleap.com/pr/130080/ http://www.alagaesia.com/game/index.php http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2008/jul/17/choosethefutureofinteracti My discussion and links are about what's going on in interactive storytelling elsewhere --- in commercial and indie games, and in academia. I'm not particularly arguing about what publishers should be doing, market-wise; only that for those people who _are_ interested in presenting stories with some interactive component, there already exists a fair body of discussion about what forms that interactivity might take, and what it might do to the craft of storytelling. Besides Penguin’s project, I was thinking of the following (some of which are advertising projects tied to books, others new fiction in their own right):

http://teresaslack.blogspot.com/2009/10/interactive-fiction-series-for-girls.html
http://www.mifiction.co.uk/
http://www.cyoa.com/public/index.html (reprints from the 80s, but also new material)
http://www.prleap.com/pr/130080/
http://www.alagaesia.com/game/index.php
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2008/jul/17/choosethefutureofinteracti

My discussion and links are about what’s going on in interactive storytelling elsewhere — in commercial and indie games, and in academia. I’m not particularly arguing about what publishers should be doing, market-wise; only that for those people who _are_ interested in presenting stories with some interactive component, there already exists a fair body of discussion about what forms that interactivity might take, and what it might do to the craft of storytelling.

]]> By: Steven Deschain http://blog.threepress.org/2009/11/30/interactive-storytelling/comment-page-1/#comment-1532 Steven Deschain Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:50:52 +0000 http://blog.threepress.org/?p=805#comment-1532 Okay, so that's one. And that's interesting. But I think it's a bit misleading to say "Authors and publishers alike are beginning to think more about the interactive possibilities of fiction." Rather: One group seems to have done ... something. Looking at the site, it's not exactly clear to me what they did. There's also zero indication as to how audiences responded to this, which is really what I'd be concerned with as a publisher. I'm also unclear about the nature of the "interactivity" being described here. What you describe in some of your links does not seem to match what I'm seeing on the Penguin site. Okay, so that’s one. And that’s interesting. But I think it’s a bit misleading to say “Authors and publishers alike are beginning to think more about the interactive possibilities of fiction.” Rather: One group seems to have done … something. Looking at the site, it’s not exactly clear to me what they did. There’s also zero indication as to how audiences responded to this, which is really what I’d be concerned with as a publisher. I’m also unclear about the nature of the “interactivity” being described here. What you describe in some of your links does not seem to match what I’m seeing on the Penguin site.

]]> By: Liza Daly http://blog.threepress.org/2009/11/30/interactive-storytelling/comment-page-1/#comment-1514 Liza Daly Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:18:51 +0000 http://blog.threepress.org/?p=805#comment-1514 Steven: <a href="http://wetellstories.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">Penguin</a>. Their project won Best of Show at SXSW 2009. Steven: Penguin. Their project won Best of Show at SXSW 2009.

]]> By: Steven Deschain http://blog.threepress.org/2009/11/30/interactive-storytelling/comment-page-1/#comment-1511 Steven Deschain Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:49:05 +0000 http://blog.threepress.org/?p=805#comment-1511 "Authors and publishers alike are beginning to think more about the interactive possibilities of fiction." Can you name some? I work in the publishing industry, going on about fifteen years now, and I have not really come across anyone talking about 'interactive fiction.' “Authors and publishers alike are beginning to think more about the interactive possibilities of fiction.”

Can you name some? I work in the publishing industry, going on about fifteen years now, and I have not really come across anyone talking about ‘interactive fiction.’

]]> By: Robert Nagle http://blog.threepress.org/2009/11/30/interactive-storytelling/comment-page-1/#comment-1499 Robert Nagle Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:59:18 +0000 http://blog.threepress.org/?p=805#comment-1499 This of course is a great collection of links. I've always been a fan of that Chris Crawford book -- I envision some bright 15 year old kid is reading it and hatching an idea to build an amazing storytelling engine using Crawford's methods. By the way, you might not be aware that Milorad Pavic died on the very day you published your blog post. (And in fact, I was just in the process of ordering some of his ergodic experiments from Amazon). I can't wait to check out the rest of your links.... This of course is a great collection of links. I’ve always been a fan of that Chris Crawford book — I envision some bright 15 year old kid is reading it and hatching an idea to build an amazing storytelling engine using Crawford’s methods.

By the way, you might not be aware that Milorad Pavic died on the very day you published your blog post. (And in fact, I was just in the process of ordering some of his ergodic experiments from Amazon).

I can’t wait to check out the rest of your links….

]]> By: Guest blog post « Emily Short’s Interactive Fiction http://blog.threepress.org/2009/11/30/interactive-storytelling/comment-page-1/#comment-1474 Guest blog post « Emily Short’s Interactive Fiction Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:09:07 +0000 http://blog.threepress.org/?p=805#comment-1474 [...] « Linkage Guest blog post November 30, 2009 Thanks to Liza Daly, I have a short blog post up at Threepress about interactive storytelling — it’s not mostly stuff that will exactly be new to [...] [...] « Linkage Guest blog post November 30, 2009 Thanks to Liza Daly, I have a short blog post up at Threepress about interactive storytelling — it’s not mostly stuff that will exactly be new to [...]

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