The development and evaluation of the Storyline Scaffolding Tool

C. Ferguson; H. van Oostendorp; E.L. van den Broek

doi:10.1109/VS-Games.2019.8864538

The development and evaluation of the Storyline Scaffolding Tool

C. Ferguson, H. van Oostendorp, E.L. van den Broek

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Abstract

In modern day game development, story is seen as an essential component in a game. However, in many games, game-play and story including the educational goals are worked on separately, by different teams and separated in time, which can lead to a mismatch between the two. To solve this problem, particularly in the context of educational serious games, we provide a novel solution that involves description of the game story and game-play simultaneously, and physically linking the two together to see to what extent story information is present in the actual game-play. An innovative tool, referred to as the Storyline Scaffolding Tool, is developed to make this possible and a review is carried out focusing on the effectiveness and usability of this tool and future directions for this project to take.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IEEE Proceedings of VS-Games 2019
Subtitle of host publication	The 11th International Conference on Virtual Worlds and Games for Serious Applications,Vienna, Austria
Editors	F. Liarokapis, S. von Mammen, A. Vourvopoulos
Place of Publication	Vienna, Austria
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	110-117
Number of pages	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/VS-Games.2019.8864538
Publication status	Published - 14 Oct 2019

Keywords

serious games
story grammar theory
story graph
game-play graph
usability
analytics

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Ferguson, C., van Oostendorp, H., & van den Broek, E. L. (2019). The development and evaluation of the Storyline Scaffolding Tool. In F. Liarokapis, S. von Mammen, & A. Vourvopoulos (Eds.), IEEE Proceedings of VS-Games 2019: The 11th International Conference on Virtual Worlds and Games for Serious Applications,Vienna, Austria (pp. 110-117). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/VS-Games.2019.8864538

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The development and evaluation of the Storyline Scaffolding Tool. / Ferguson, C.; van Oostendorp, H.; van den Broek, E.L.
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Ferguson C, van Oostendorp H , van den Broek EL. The development and evaluation of the Storyline Scaffolding Tool. In Liarokapis F, von Mammen S, Vourvopoulos A, editors, IEEE Proceedings of VS-Games 2019: The 11th International Conference on Virtual Worlds and Games for Serious Applications,Vienna, Austria. Vienna, Austria: IEEE. 2019. p. 110-117 doi: 10.1109/VS-Games.2019.8864538

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