You will open this door anyway. A primer of Interactive Storytelling

About the workshop

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Stories that move us are those in which choices made by characters have certain weight, don't go without consequences. Interactive fiction is unique form of storytelling that gives the audience agency to perform those decisions (and check out their outcomes) in fictional world.

The course gives fundamental knowledge and skills in non-linear and interactive storytelling.  

You will try to come up with simple, yet unique and moving story involving interaction based on meaningful choices made by the audience. Workshop focuses on the conceptual, rather than technical side.

• All the work will be made individually with tutor help provided during consultations and discussions. 

• The story can be told through various means and the proportions of image and text will be up to you. Possibilities are endless: text-only, image-only and of course everything that’s between.

• If you don’t feel comfortable with writing in English, you can stick to your native language, but you’ll be asked to summarize your story to the tutor to get the critiques of your work.

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Objectives 

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Workshops aims at helping to answer following questions:

• Why do we love interactive stories?

• How to look beyond over-hype in interactive stories?

• Are interactive stories inseparable from digital?

• Why interactive storytelling should learn from literature?

• How to combine image and text in non-conventional ways?

• How to make choices in my story meaningful?

Content

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• preliminary talk describing the assignment + Q&A session

• lecture/presentation loaded with images and references to keep your imagination well-nourished

• storytelling “canvases” and other structures provided to help you overcome writer’s block

• guidance through the creative process

• individual consultations and group discussion

• final evaluation

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Outcomes

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You will create short story combining visuals and texts with meaningful branching and interactions. Story can be told with text, with visuals and with combination of both. It will be delivered in the form of paper prototype or concise digital experience.

Workshop description