Building experimental games offers an alternative methodology for researching and understanding games, beyond what can be understood by playing and studying existing games alone. Through a simultaneous process of research and artmaking in the construction of the interactive drama Façade, new theoretical and design insights into several game studies questions were realized, including the hotly d...

Developments in the field of computer science are creating new methods of learning and teaching. Digital storytelling is one of those fields, which is offering a new way of to educate people. This paper explores potential applications of digital storytelling on different educational levels and will investigate if there is an interest for these applications on the educational market.

This article explores the importance of dialogue, storytelling and collaboration in children’s learning, followed by examples from message boards, webblogs, and instant messaging software (IM) that support learning through storytelling. Children’s verbal and iconic literacy, as well as digital fluency is investigated along with peer collaboration and empowering children’s voices through Interne...

storytelling. One of two methods was used for the storytelling: the Storyline method or the Associations Pyramid method. Seventy five-year-old children took part in the study. The results show that children are able to use different strategies to create a story together, the language and communication competence of the children is already well developed, and the children are ready for effective...

The consideration of the narrative question within Virtual Environments (VEs) is a compromise regarding to the conflict between pre-authored narrative structures and user freedom both in terms of interaction and physical movement. By presenting the results of a recent investigation on the narrative structures and mechanisms of Role Playing Games (RPGs), this paper aims at assessing the potentia...

Background There is limited study and a lack of systematic review in the field of aromatherapy with orange, and storytelling and their positive effects as a safe, simple and low-cost. The present study is aimed to provide a comprehensive review of the alleviating effects of aromatherapy with orange an...

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