Crafting Stories

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Touching on computational craft and hybrid fabrication, this

talk looks at the process of designing and creating

story-based interactive experiences and games through

crafts and crafted or crafting interfaces. Games are generally

fast-paced with responsive controls, while crafting is often a

slower, methodical process. This leads to some interesting

design challenges and novel experiences. The talk will cover

some of the projects created by the speaker, including

Loominary – a game system that runs Twine games and

uses a tabletop loom as the controller. Through the act of

playing, the player’s choices are literally woven into a

personalized tangible artifact of the player’s game session.