A learner-centred design approach to developing a visual language for interactive storytelling

Katherine Howland; Judith Good; Judy Robertson

doi:10.1145/1297277.1297286

A learner-centred design approach to developing a visual language for interactive storytelling

Katherine Howland, Judith Good, Judy Robertson

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Abstract

Creating interactive stories in the form of narrative-based games can have motivational and educational benefits for children, but scripting languages can be a barrier to the activity. This paper describes a learner-centred design (LCD) approach to creating a visual programming language (VPL) for scripting plot events in game-based interactive stories. The LCD approach, unusual in the field of VPLs, was essential to ensure that the software effectively supported our child target users in the game creation process. Copyright 2007 ACM.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 6th international Conference on Interaction Design And Children, IDC 2007
Pages	45-52
Number of pages	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/1297277.1297286
Publication status	Published - 2007
Event	6th international Conference on Interaction Design And Children - Aalborg, Denmark Duration: 6 Jun 2007 → 6 Aug 2007

Conference

Conference	6th international Conference on Interaction Design And Children
Abbreviated title	IDC 2007
Country/Territory	Denmark
City	Aalborg
Period	6/06/07 → 6/08/07

Keywords

Computer game design
Interactive storytelling
Learner-centred design with children
Visual programming languages

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Howland, K, Good, J & Robertson, J 2007, A learner-centred design approach to developing a visual language for interactive storytelling. in Proceedings of the 6th international Conference on Interaction Design And Children, IDC 2007. pp. 45-52, 6th international Conference on Interaction Design And Children, Aalborg, Denmark, 6/06/07. https://doi.org/10.1145/1297277.1297286

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