Didactical Competence Modeller: Dynamic Story Creation for Serious Games

Traditionally, a driving goal of digital storytelling is the generation of dramatic stories with human significance, but for learning purposes, the need for drama is complemented by the requirement of achieving particular learning outcomes. This paper presents an interactive storytelling conceptual framework that supports the dynamic creation of stories based on predefined pedagogical goals. The approach is based on a hierarchical structure of plot pieces, denominated Narrative Building Blocks which, represent the elements that convey the story context as well as the roles and behaviours of each actor. In addition a case study is described where the concepts presented throughout the paper are applied and exemplified.