Authoring Environment for Story-based Digital Educational Games
Key: MGRS09-1
Author: Florian Mehm, Stefan Göbel, Sabrina Radke, Ralf Steinmetz
Date: October 2009
Kind: In proceedings
Book title: Proceedings of the 1st International Open Workshop on Intelligent Personalization and Adaptation in Digital Educational Games
Keywords: Interactive Digital Storytelling, Authoring Tool, Visual Programming, Serious Games, Technology-Enhanced Learning
Abstract: In this paper, the StoryTec authoring system, developed in the context of the European research project 80Days, is presented as an authoring tool enabling users without programming experience to create digital educational games (DEG) or stories and to integrate content into them. We provide an overview of related software as a motivation for the development of a comprehensive but easily learnable authoring tool for serious games which assists authors in different tasks encountered during the creation process. The architectural basis of the system is described, as well as a structured approach to story-based game authoring using the system, outlining each step of the process. The method and results of an early usability test carried out are presented.
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