Using Processing in Eclipse
A lot of us in the lab use Processing for a variety of things, such as prototyping game ideas. While the little IDE Processing comes with is ideal for those just getting started with programming,...
View ArticleRobotics and Mixed Reality for Children
This TED Talk by MIT's Cynthia Breazeal is full of really neat stuff. Near the end, she talks about a newer project that creates a play space for children using robots and mixed reality. I'm not...
View ArticleGram's House by Team GramMetrics
Related Projects: Educational Games A team made of members from this lab has just submitted a game called Gram's House for the first round of Microsoft's Imagine Cup 2011. Check out the game video...
View ArticleInception the App: Audio Augmented Reality
I just downloaded this intriguing iPhone app: Inception the App. I haven't tried it yet, but based on some commentary I've seen on Twitter and on reading the website, this might just be the coolest...
View ArticleLessons from an Early 'QR Story Quest' Prototype
Since I was finally able to concentrate on my Story Quest project in the last couple of weeks, I now have a fully working prototype. I created a little example game with a Zelda theme using objects...
View ArticleGames for Change Festival 2011
Related Projects: Educational Games I just got back from New York City for my first visit to the Games for Change Festival. In its eighth year, this year’s festival was held on June 20-22 at New York...
View ArticleL.A. Noire: A Great Story Despite Its Linearity
Related Projects: Interactive Storytelling From my personal blog: My mind has been occupied by narrative lately. I've been surveying literature about non-linear / interactive narrative and storytelling...
View ArticleHow Important is Interactive Storytelling in Educational Games?
Related Projects: Educational Games From my personal blog: Story in games. Something we seem to be trying for, but continue to struggle with. Perhaps it's even worse for educational games: we are told...
View ArticleStory in Board Games: Betrayal at House on the Hill
Related Projects: Interactive Storytelling From my personal blog: Imagine finding yourself in the front foyer of what is probably a haunted mansion with a few of your closest friends. There's no way...
View ArticleThe Promises and Pitfalls of Gamification
Related Projects: Educational Games Gamification is a hot topic these days, and even educational games probably can't escape it. In fact, this popular Extra Credits video took it a step further and...
View ArticleTechniques for Telling Nonlinear Stories
Related Projects: Interactive Storytelling At the beginning of October, Andrew Wallace and I will be participating in a digital narrative workshop for the GRAND NCE called 'Experiencing Stories with/in...
View ArticleSIGGRAPH 2011
Our lab made a trip to Vancouver for SIGGRAPH 2011 this past August. I wrote about my own impressions of the conference and some of the game papers I liked on my personal blog:Impressions of SIGGRAPH...
View ArticleNotes on 'Experiencing Stories with/in Digital Games' Colloquium
Related Projects: Interactive StorytellingEducational Games Andrew Wallace and I just got back from an interesting two-day event on Montreal this past weekend called Experiencing Stories with/in...
View ArticleExperiment: Teaching Computer Science With Stories
Related Projects: Educational Games In just over a week, hundreds of students (mostly in grade eight) will descend upon Carleton for our annual mini-courses. This year, a colleague and I will be doing...
View ArticleMy Travels to the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing
Last week, I attended the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing in Baltimore. I wrote up a few blog posts on my personal blog about the conference:The Road to GHC12 is a picture-filled post...
View ArticleMy E-Learn Experience
I went to another conference this week and wrote about my experience on my blog: I went to Montreal on Wednesday to present my work on what makes augmented reality good for learning (and in general,...
View ArticleInteractive Storytelling at CUSEC
I was invited to speak at the Canadian University Software Engineering Conference in Montreal this January. These are the slides from my talk on interactive storytelling: Interactive Storytelling...
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GRAND 2013 Summary
I wrote a summary of this year's GRAND meeting from my perspective on my personal blog: Last week, I attended the annual meeting of the GRAND (Graphics, Animation, and New Media) research network,...
View ArticleRoad Map for "Coherent Emergent Stories"
Related Projects: Interactive Storytelling This is a rough road map of the problems that need to be solved by our coherent emergent story system. You can learn a bit more about this project via the...
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Carleton Quest 2.0: New Location Map
Related Projects: Educational Games I've been working on mapping out a new set of locations to visit in our QR code adventure app, Carleton Quest, which we want to have ready for this fall's frosh...
View ArticleSlides from CCSS Interactive Storytelling in Games Talk
Related Projects: Interactive Storytelling Earlier this month I gave a tech talk to the undergraduate society here at Carleton. These are my slides:Interactive Storytelling in Games: Next Steps from...
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