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Bury Me Here --The New Genre of Narrative Design Game Based on Immersive Storytelling
Zhongsheng Li, Wuji Li, Yudong He
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.08903 ht…

Bury Me Here --The New Genre of Narrative Design Game Based on Immersive Storytelling
Virtual reality games always provide the player with the most verisimilitude experience. With the advancement of VR hardware, it may become mainstream how people feel and attach to a virtual world. The paper discusses a possible solution to finding a better balance between the two classical genres of VR games, sensory stimulation and storytelling. To this end, we designed a game named "Bury Me Here," in which players can find an emotional bond between the game protagonist and themselves. The ga…

The Lost Melody: Empirical Observations on Text-to-Video Generation From A Storytelling Perspective
Andrew Shin, Yusuke Mori, Kunitake Kaneko
https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.08720

I replayed #FinalFantasyVIIRebirth #PS5's intro yesterday. I am just captivated by the work the team put in to not just present the *imagery* of the original game at a higher fidelity, but also the characterization and storytelling.

Charting beyond sight with datastory: Sensory substitution and storytelling in visual literacy education for visually impaired children https://programs.sigchi.org/chi/2024/program/content/150692 YouTube video

How MrBeast dominates this ostentatious YouTube era, using a fast, frantic, and omnipresent editing style, as his videos slowly evolve to focus on storytelling (Patricia Hernandez/Polygon)
https://www.polygon.com/24093399/end-of-mrbeast-youtube-era

MrBeast may never quit YouTube, but his game is changing
Jimmy Donaldson warped YouTube with viral giveaway videos. While Jacksepticeye claims it hurt creators, YouTube Shorts is now challenging MrBeast’s success.

Just received this from #medium
"Beginning May 1, 2024, stories with AI-generated writing (disclosed as such or not) are not allowed to be paywalled as part of our Partner Program."
I am sure it's a pain to enforce, but a good move if they can pull it off. Let's see.
More on their approach:

Medium is for human storytelling, not AI-generated writing
A Medium update on AI-generated writing and content on our platform

How MrBeast dominates this ostentatious YouTube era, using a fast, frantic, and omnipresent editing style, as his videos slowly evolve to focus on storytelling (Patricia Hernandez/Polygon)
https://www.polygon.com/24093399/end-of-mrbeast-youtube-era

MrBeast may never quit YouTube, but his game is changing
Jimmy Donaldson warped YouTube with viral giveaway videos. While Jacksepticeye claims it hurt creators, YouTube Shorts is now challenging MrBeast’s success.

The Lost Melody: Empirical Observations on Text-to-Video Generation From A Storytelling Perspective
Andrew Shin, Yusuke Mori, Kunitake Kaneko
https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.08720

Snake Story: Exploring Game Mechanics for Mixed-Initiative Co-creative Storytelling Games
Daijin Yang, Erica Kleinman, Giovanni Maria Troiano, Elina Tochilnikova, Casper Harteveld
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.07901

Snake Story: Exploring Game Mechanics for Mixed-Initiative Co-creative Storytelling Games
Mixed-initiative co-creative storytelling games have existed for some time as a way to merge storytelling with play. However, modern mixed-initiative co-creative storytelling games predominantly prioritize story creation over gameplay mechanics, which might not resonate with all players. As such, there is untapped potential for creating mixed-initiative games with more complex mechanics in which players can engage with both co-creation and gameplay goals. To explore the potential of more promin…

Reminder that things published at Forbes under the /sites/ URL is ‘contributor’ content. These may be sponsored pieces.
Refs:
• https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2012/what-the-forbes-model-of-contribute…