StoryJam: Supporting Collective Storytelling with Game Mechanics
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Collective storytelling is a narrative form that has cultural, cognitive, and organizational applications. Built on existing research in group collaboration, this short paper examines how certain game mechanics can be used to encourage and structure collaboration in StoryJam, a multi-player online game for collective storytelling.
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تاریخ انتشار 2013