In Storytronics, we achieve interactive storytelling through artistic works called storyworlds. Storyworlds are a new, interactive form of storytelling.
Think of your favorite story, whether it be from a book or comic, a movie or TV show. And now imagine that you are the protagonist. You get to choose what happens next. Whether you prefer to be a sweetheart or a jerk, to gossip or to be discreet, to have your way through force, subtlety, or compromise, to seek romance or concentrate on other goals, to be generous or miserly, to avenge wrongs or forgive them, to be a dignified aristocrat or a reckless jester, you are free to choose.
But be forewarned. In a Storytronic storyworld, you aren't just walking down a predetermined path, or manipulating dolls. The characters you will meet in a storyworld are intelligent, feeling beings, with their own ideas and agendas. Every time you make a choice, they are evaluating you, and making decisions on how to respond. Maybe they will decide to trust you and ally themselves with you. Or perhaps they plan to use you to achieve their own ends. There is only one way to find out!
If you want to experience these storyworlds for yourself, go to our Players front page. That is where we will post the storyworlds created by authors, as those worlds are completed and ready for publication. If you want to create a storyworld for others to experience, you are in the right place! Read on.
To create a storyworld you use the Storyworld Authoring Tool, or SWAT. We have gone to great lengths to make Storytron usable by non-technical people. We want storytellers above all. So if and when something doesn't make sense to you, it's really important that you point it out to us so that we can improve it.
To get started creating your own storyworld, download SWAT. For more details on how it all works, check out our FAQ. Or join the rest of us Storytron denizens in discussions on our bulletin board, the StoryBoard.
Think of your favorite story, whether it be from a book or comic, a movie or TV show. And now imagine that you are the protagonist. You get to choose what happens next. Whether you prefer to be a sweetheart or a jerk, to gossip or to be discreet, to have your way through force, subtlety, or compromise, to seek romance or concentrate on other goals, to be generous or miserly, to avenge wrongs or forgive them, to be a dignified aristocrat or a reckless jester, you are free to choose.
But be forewarned. In a Storytronic storyworld, you aren't just walking down a predetermined path, or manipulating dolls. The characters you will meet in a storyworld are intelligent, feeling beings, with their own ideas and agendas. Every time you make a choice, they are evaluating you, and making decisions on how to respond. Maybe they will decide to trust you and ally themselves with you. Or perhaps they plan to use you to achieve their own ends. There is only one way to find out!
If you want to experience these storyworlds for yourself, go to our Players front page. That is where we will post the storyworlds created by authors, as those worlds are completed and ready for publication. If you want to create a storyworld for others to experience, you are in the right place! Read on.
To create a storyworld you use the Storyworld Authoring Tool, or SWAT. We have gone to great lengths to make Storytron usable by non-technical people. We want storytellers above all. So if and when something doesn't make sense to you, it's really important that you point it out to us so that we can improve it.
To get started creating your own storyworld, download SWAT. For more details on how it all works, check out our FAQ. Or join the rest of us Storytron denizens in discussions on our bulletin board, the StoryBoard.
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