Interactive Narrative & Small Games
- Course notes on Interactive Narrative History
- Course notes on Design Strategies for Interactive Narrative
Additional things to view today:
- The Small Games Manifesto
- Olia Lialina, My Boyfriend Came Back From the War (1996).
My Boyfriend Came Back From the War is an early example of Internet-based interactive hypertext storytelling. When clicking hyperlinks in the work, the frame splits into smaller frames and the user reveals a nonlinear story about a couple that is reunited after a nameless military conflict. - Games by Porpentine Charity Heartscape: Beautiful Frog, Girl Waste, Pink Zone
- Group Z, Love
- Yael Kanarek, World of Awe
- Everest Pipkin, Shell Song
Introduction to the Bitsy Game Editor
We will learn how to make games with Bitsy.
Best Bitsy Tutorials
- Connie Ye’s Bitsy Tutorial made for 60210 (gSlides / PDF)
- Claire Morwood’s Bitsy Tutorial
- Cecile Richards’ Bitsy Tutorial
- Many more
Some indexes of high-quality Bitsy games:
- Lorenzo Pilia’s Bitsy Faves pt.1 (2017–2018)
- Lorenzo Pilia’s Bitsy Faves pt.2 (2019–2022)
- Top games tagged Bitsy on Itch.io
- Claire Morwood’s “Cool examples of cool games“
More Advanced Bitsy Skills
- Bitsy Dialog Tutorials
- Cecile Richards’ collection of bitsy tools, including:
- Variables in Bitsy
Additional links to process: