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"How to create a simulation where participants have a sense of freedom and personal control while still maintaining the structure necessary for an effective story is a difficult task indeed. This book examines how to create an engaging, effective story (necessary to teach participants), while relating practical considerations of building a simulation." - Tech Trends, April 2007
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Teaches the latest and most relevant techniques to create story-based simulations (the future of game design)!
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"How to create a simulation where participants have a sense of freedom and personal control while still maintaining the structure necessary for an effective story is a difficult task indeed. This book examines how to create an engaging, effective story (necessary to teach participants), while relating practical considerations of building a simulation." - Tech Trends, April 2007
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Teaches the latest and most relevant techniques to create story-based simulations (the future of game design)!
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automated story generation, branching storylines, food distribution operation, user immersion, simulation story, user avatar, encoded script, nonplayer characters, dramatic goals, battle captain, simulation participants, weapons storage site, media elements, game engine, pedagogical content, inciting incident, user interactivity, user dialogue, military simulations, user progress, story paths, serious games, simulation experience Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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automated story generation, branching storylines, food distribution operation, user immersion, simulation story, user avatar, encoded script, nonplayer characters, dramatic goals, battle captain, simulation participants, weapons storage site, media elements, game engine, pedagogical content, inciting incident, user interactivity, user dialogue, military simulations, user progress, story paths, serious games, simulation experience Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Experience Manager, Final Flurry, United States, Captain Young, Captain Moran, High Noon, First Sergeant Jones, Department of Defense, Paramount Pictures, The Sims, Dungeon Master, Final Draft, Power Hungry, Bill Idelson, Experience Management, Grand Theft Auto, Andrew Gordon, Red Hunter, Civil Affairs, Command Sergeant Major Pullman, Southern California, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Janet Murray, Los Angeles, National Security Advisor New!
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- Hamlet on the Holodeck: The Future of Narrative in Cyberspace by Janet H. Murray on page 119, page 122, and Back Matter
- Practical Intelligence in Everyday Life by Robert J. Sternberg PhD on page 30, page 56, and Back Matter
- A Story is a Promise by Bill Johnson on page 42, and Back Matter
- A Story Is a Promise: Good Things to Know Before You Write That Screenplay, Novel, or Play by Bill Johnson on page 42, and Back Matter
- The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer (Bantam Spectra Book) by Neal Stephenson on page 107, and Back Matter
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