Very cool idea...so who's volunteering to do the 3D VRML version of this story
space.
Also given such a space on can also refer to all the dimensions with a
story-space coordinate system which might be interesting to use an input to
drive a story telling engine of some sort. This could be the story equivalent of
a color cube.
Sandy
Michael St. Hippolyte wrote:
> I found the recent discussion started off by John's question ("What I still
> grapple with is how to ensure that all possible outcomes lead up to an
> equally satisfying story-telling experience..."). Piecing together ideas
> expressed by John DeCuir, Miriam English, Stephen Matsuba and others in
> various branches of the discussion, a taxonomy of digital storytelling
> emerges, based (appropriately) on a three dimensional matrix: degree of
> nonlinearity, degree of indeterminism and number of authors. These three
> values, I posit, describe the forces which propel a story.
>
> number of authors
> |
> | nondeterministic
> | /
> | /
> | /
> linear --------+---------- nonlinear
> /
> /
> deterministic
>
> FORCES PROPELLING A STORY
>
>
