• Shows, Talks, Family Activities, Comedy & Discovery

EXPLORATHON'20

Explorathon 2020

Shows, Talks, Family Activities, Comedy & Discovery

  • Home
  • Events Programme 2020
    • Pan-Scotland Events
    • Aberdeen
    • Edinburgh
    • Fife and Tayside
    • Glasgow
  • Resources

How conversation works: Writing more immersive NPC dialogue using trope informed design

  • Home
  • Events
  • How conversation works: Writing more immersive NPC dialogue using trope informed design

    Event Details

    When: Thursday 26 November 2020 12:30 pm - Thursday 26 November 2020 2:30 pm

    Admission: Admission Free

    Booking: Booking required

    Booking URL: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/explorathon-how-conversation-works-writing-more-immersive-npc-dialogue-tickets-125308821057

    Event Information

    Video game dialogue and ‘real life’ conversations differ in interesting and surprising ways. This workshop introduces video game writers, creators, and developers to Trope Informed Design: a new approach to interactive dialogue.

    We’ll show you how tropes about NPC dialogue in video games highlight issues and mechanics that could be improved or diversified. Then we’ll explain how to generate novel solutions based on research from linguistics on how conversation works in the real world. These relatively small changes can improve player immersion and inspire some new mechanics.

    This workshop is run by tropes expert Steph Rennick (University of Glasgow), and linguist Sean Roberts (Cardiff University).

    Age 16+

    Contact Details

    Contact Email: publicengagement@glasgow.ac.uk

All Events

Aberdeen

Edinburgh

Fife and Tayside

Glasgow

Pan-Scotland

There are currently no events listed for .

About Explorathon ’20

Join us for an online, socially distanced programme of events from 23rd – 29th November 2020 celebrating research from Scotland as part of European Researchers’ Night.

Take part in debates, listen to presentations, try activities at home and much more besides, as we show that research is for all!

This project has received funding from the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 955376.

Events Guides

  • Pan-Scotland
  • Aberdeen
  • Edinburgh
  • Glasgow
  • Fife and Tayside

Follow Us On Twitter

Tweets by ernscot

Follow Us On Facebook

ernscot

Copyright © EXPLORATHON All rights reserved.