Strange Patterns: Structure and Post-structure in Interactive Digital Narratives

Millard, David E.Structure is key to interactive narrative authoring. It can be perceived at the micro, meso, and macro levels of navigationNavigation, when presented as common patterns creates a toolboxToolbox from which authors build their stories. This structuralistStructuralism (Structuralist) approach authoring appeals engineer’s mindset, but post-structuralists would argue that no are fundamental or universal. As Interactive Digital Narratives become more gamelike they turn into Strange HypertextsStrange hypertext, with playful mechanics deeply aligned goals. ludonarrativeNarrative mode ludonarrative aspect IDNs exactly sort shift in perspectivePerspective post-structuralism warned us about suggests might limit rather than empowering them. chapter reviews reported hypertext explores how could continue important for strange post-structural world.