What is a visual novel?

J Camingue, E Carstensdottir, EF Melcer - Proceedings of the ACM on …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Visual Novel (VN) is a widely recognizable genre of narrative-focused games that has grown
in popularity over the past decade. Surprisingly, despite being so widely recognizable, there …

Using Self-Determination Theory to Explore Enjoyment of Educational Interactive Narrative Games: A Case Study of Academical

KM Grasse, M Kreminski, N Wardrip-Fruin… - Frontiers in Virtual …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Choice-based interactive storytelling games such as Academical, our responsible conduct of
research training game, show great promise as a novel way of providing efficacious ethics …

When Information, Narrative, and Interactivity Join Forces: Designing and Co-designing Interactive Digital Narratives for Complex Issues

PW Atmaja, Sugiarto - International Conference on Interactive Digital …, 2022 - Springer
The world is inherently and tremendously complex, yet many people are not well-equipped
to deal with complex issues such as sustainability. Consequently, the issues must be …

[HTML][HTML] The Role of Relevance in Shaping Perceptions of Sleep Hygiene Games Among University Students: Mixed Methods Study

Z Liang, E Melcer, K Khotchasing, S Chen… - JMIR Serious …, 2024 - games.jmir.org
Background Sleep games are an emerging topic in the realm of serious health game
research. However, designing features that are both enjoyable and effective at engaging …

Pseudo-Scientist: Towards Narrative Interventions for Imposter Syndrome

KM Grasse, N Junius, K Weatherwax… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Imposter syndrome (IS) is a mental state that can severely inhibit a person's productivity and
well-being. Although IS is extremely common (especially in high achievers, eg, academics) …

Generating Together: Lessons Learned from Developing an Educational Visual Novel with AI Collaboration

S Shields, A Calderwood… - … IEEE Conference on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Visual novels are a popular game genre for educational games. However, they often feature
pre-authored plot structures that cannot dynamically adjust to the player's progression …

Academical: A Dynamic Interactive Narrative Game for Responsible Conduct of Research Training

S Johnson-Bey, S Shields… - … IEEE Conference on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Our demo showcases a choice-based interactive narrative game created to teach
responsible conduct of research and research ethics. It re-imagines the experience of a …

Resilient IN: Design of an Interactive Narrative HRV-Biofeedback Game to Develop Stereotype and Social Identity Threat Resilience

K Picho, E Osborne, F Camacho, A Ouellette… - … Conference on Serious …, 2022 - Springer
Stereotype threat and social identity threat are social phenomena that adversely affect
underrepresented groups within STEM (ie, women and people of color). While there are …

[PDF][PDF] Reevaluating the role of relatedness in single-player roleplaying games

KM Grasse, M Kreminski… - CHI 2022 Workshop …, 2022 - mkremins.github.io
1 INTRODUCTION The motivational factors of Self-Determination Theory (SDT) have been
widely applied to the understanding of what motivates player engagement with and …

Konceptualni model pristupačnoga programskoga sustava zasnovanoga na trodimenzijskim korisničkim interakcijama i potpomognutom prikazu trodimenzijskoga …

A Kešelj Dilberović - 2024 - repozitorij.fer.unizg.hr
Cilj doktorskog rada je istražiti mogućnosti prilagodbe prikaza trodimenzijskih objekata i
trodimenzijskih interakcija u pristupačnom programskom sustavu za edukaciju. Osim toga …