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Korean Society for Computer Game (한국컴퓨터게임학회)
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Design and Implementation of Character interaction based storytelling authoring tool

캐릭터 상호 작용 기반 스토리 텔링 저작 도구 설계 및 구현

  • Son, Young-Kyun (Department of Game Design and Development, Sangmyung University) ;
  • Kim, Seok-Kyoo (Department of Game Design and Development, Sangmyung University)
  • Received : 2018.03.02
  • Accepted : 2018.03.22
  • Published : 2018.03.31
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Abstract

Each media has different storytelling and different features for each storytelling. Among them, Storytelling in a game is nonlinear, therefore differs from the storytelling in other media in that there are interactions that the user can intervene in the story. Storytelling like this, which by allowing the users to participate develops the story in various ways, is interactive storytelling. This type of storytelling enables the user to be immersed by letting them take part in the story. Nonlinear story provides freedom to users, but it is difficult to maintain consistency as the user's participation changes the story. Thus there have been many studies to adequately satisfy freedom and consistency, typically constrain based narrative method in games. However, this method is based on event driven storytelling which divides the story events by points. Therefore it is not suitable for character based storytelling which emphasizes characters. In this study, we will create not an event driven narrative method but a character interactive storytelling authoring tool and apply it to the game based on the story of "fairy and woodcutter" to test how the story continues, and if it is helpful in story making.

미디어는 각각 다른 특징을 가진 스토리텔링을 가지고있다. 그 중에서, 게임의 스토리텔링은 비선형적으로, 유저가 스토리에 개입할 수 있는 상호작용이 있다는 점에서 다른 매체의 스토리텔링과 다르다. 이렇듯 사용자가 스토리에 참여하여 다양하게 전개될 수 있는 스토리텔링을 인터랙티브 스토리텔링이라 한다. 이러한 스토리텔링은 사용자가 스토리에 참여함으로써 스토리에 더 깊은 몰입감을 느낄 수 있게 된다. 다만 이런 비선형적인 스토리는 사용자에게 자유도를 느낄 수 있게 하지만 사용자의 참여에 따라 스토리가 달라지기 때문에 스토리에 일관성을 유지하기 어렵다. 때문에 자유도와 일관성을 적절히 충족시키기 위해 많은 연구들이 있었으며, 대표적으로 게임에선 조건 기반 분기 서술방식을 이용하고 있다. 하지만 이런 방식은 스토리 속 사건을 분기에 따라 나누는 사건 중심의 스토리텔링을 기반으로 하기 때문에 캐릭터를 강조하기 위한 캐릭터 중심의 스토리텔링엔 맞지 않다. 본 연구에서는 사건 중심의 분기 서술 방식이 아닌 캐릭터 중심의 인터랙티브 스토리텔링 저작도구를 제작하고 동화 "선녀와 나무꾼"을 기반으로 한 게임에 적용해보아 스토리가 어떻게 이어지는지, 스토리 제작할 때 유용한지 실험할 것이다.

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Acknowledgement

Supported by : Sangmyung University

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