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In this text, I investigate storytelling artifacts, virtual objects representing events in a game’s storyworld. I analyze the phenomenon using existing literary theory, propose a specific model of ordering, availability, and mechanical significance, and argue for the uniqueness of their narrative capabilities.
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Krainert, T. (2014). Storytelling Artifacts. In: Mitchell, A., Fernández-Vara, C., Thue, D. (eds) Interactive Storytelling. ICIDS 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8832. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12337-0_11
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