See the schedule in list form.
All times are shown in US Eastern time.
Friday (June 9, 2023) – online workshops
| 10:00–11:55
(US Eastern) |
Beginning with ink: knots, stitches, diverts, conditions and choices – Ian Greener (Online) | ||
| 12:00–13:55
(US Eastern) |
Branching Stories: Twisting Little Passages with Twine – Katryna Starks (Online) | ||
| 14:00–15:55
(US Eastern) |
Inform and the Writing Process – Brendan Desilets (Online) | ||
| 14:00–18:00
(US Eastern) |
Something Somewhere Some of the Time: A Live Collaborative Twine Jam – Damon L. Wakes (Online) | ||
Friday (June 9, 2023) – in-person workshops
(Early badge pick-up will be available Friday from 3pm to 6pm.)
| 16:00–17:30
(US Eastern) |
Collaborative Curation of IF Teaching Resources: Introducing the EdCom-IFWiki Project
– Judith Pintar (Ballroom)
16:00–17:30
(US Eastern)
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Introduction to Tracery: Make an Art Bot!
– Joey Jones (Lower Lounge)
16:00–17:30
(US Eastern)
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Building Approachable, Actionable Games to Tackle Ecological Issues
– Beatrice Maggipinto (Room 548)
16:00–17:30
(US Eastern)
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| 17:30–19:00
(US Eastern) |
Shop Talk (IF Educators Talking About Teaching IF)
– Chris Klimas, Judith Pintar (Ballroom)
17:30–19:00
(US Eastern)
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Crafting Interactive Stories With ChoiceScript
– Joey Jones (Lower Lounge)
17:30–19:00
(US Eastern)
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From Spreadsheet to Playable (High-Tension) Larp in 90 Minutes
– Avonelle Wing (Room 548)
17:30–19:00
(US Eastern)
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Saturday (June 10, 2023)
| 9:00–9:45
(US Eastern) |
Sign-in, badge pick-up, and breakfast (Lobby) | ||
| 9:45–10:00
(US Eastern) |
Opening remarks (Ballroom) | ||
| 10:00–11:00
(US Eastern) |
Keynote: Entering your Villain Era – Brianna Lei (Ballroom) | ||
| 11:00–11:30
(US Eastern) |
Break | ||
| 11:30–12:30
(US Eastern) |
Narrative Meets Multiplayer: Creating a Social Narrative Experience
– Yoyu Li (Ballroom: video)
11:30–12:30
(US Eastern)
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Trust, Lust, and UST: Writing Effective Romance in Games
– Amanda Gardner (Lower Lounge)
11:30–12:30
(US Eastern)
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T. Tanzi and Last Match: Immersive v. Interactive Theatre
– John M. Withers IV (Room 548)
11:30–11:45
(US Eastern)
Civil Disobedience in Games – Luis Garcia (Room 548: video)
11:45–12:00
(US Eastern)
You Should Be Larping More (If You Want To Exercise Your Interactive Narrative Muscles) – Ben Books Schwartz (Room 548)
12:00–12:15
(US Eastern)
Choices of the Oppressed: Writing Choice-Based Fiction Using Theatre of the Oppressed Methods to Enable Muslim Minorites and Challenge Majority Assumptions – Javeria Kausar (Room 548: video)
12:15–12:30
(US Eastern)
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| 12:30–13:30
(US Eastern) |
Lunch (Lobby) | ||
| 13:30–14:30
(US Eastern) |
When Theater Is A Game
– David Kuelz (Ballroom)
13:30–14:30
(US Eastern)
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The Little Engine That Could: The History of the Adventure Game Studio Engine, Games, and Community
– Edmundo Ruiz Ghanem (Lower Lounge)
13:30–14:30
(US Eastern)
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Cataloging Narrative Games to Expand the Bibliographic Universe
– Colin Post (Room 548)
13:30–13:45
(US Eastern)
Spontaneously Inspired: How Dadaism May Energize Narrative Design – Alejandro Ruiz del Sol (Room 548: video)
13:45–14:00
(US Eastern)
“You”: Addressing the Reader-Player-Character in Twentieth-Century Texts – Pamela Weidman (Room 548)
14:00–14:15
(US Eastern)
Representing Disability and Depicting Ableism in Video Games – Hélène Sellier (Room 548: video)
14:15–14:30
(US Eastern)
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| 14:30–15:00
(US Eastern) |
Break | ||
| 15:00–16:00
(US Eastern) |
Cairns & Keystones: Building Interactive Narrative Non-linearly
– Ben Schneider (Ballroom)
15:00–16:00
(US Eastern)
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Endless Stories, Impossible Structures: Character and Plot in Mobile F2P Games
– Luciano Salerno (Lower Lounge)
15:00–16:00
(US Eastern)
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Procedural Prohibition: Bringing Story Generation into a Simulation Game
– Matthew Viglione (Room 548)
15:00–16:00
(US Eastern)
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| 16:00–16:30
(US Eastern) |
Break | ||
| 16:30–17:30
(US Eastern) |
6 “Cons” of Worldbuilding: a Practical Approach to Structured Creation
– Gerben Grave (Ballroom)
16:30–17:30
(US Eastern)
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Designing Narrative Strategy for 4 to 4,000 Players
– Nick Bush (Lower Lounge)
16:30–17:30
(US Eastern)
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“Don’t Try to Explain It” - Why Some Things Should Not Make Sense
– Bjarke Alexander Larsen (Room 548)
16:30–17:30
(US Eastern)
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Sunday (June 11, 2023)
| 9:00–10:00
(US Eastern) |
Sign-in, badge pick-up, and breakfast (Lobby) | ||
| 10:00–11:00
(US Eastern) |
Thematic Puzzle Design: Learning from Erstwhile, Sub Rosa, and Metamorphoses
– Aster Fialla (Ballroom)
10:00–11:00
(US Eastern)
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How the West Was Many: Crafting a Culturally Diverse Western Adventure with Rosewater
– Jess Haskins (Lower Lounge)
10:00–11:00
(US Eastern)
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Designing a Narrative-Driven Video Game to Build Resilience in Children who Stutter
– Erik X. Raj (Room 548)
10:00–11:00
(US Eastern)
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| 11:00–11:30
(US Eastern) |
Break | ||
| 11:30–12:30
(US Eastern) |
Take That! The Multicultural Origins of the Ace Attorney Series
– Clara Fernandez-Vara (Ballroom)
11:30–12:30
(US Eastern)
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How to End the World: A Post-Mortem of RuneScape 3’s 2022 Season Finale
– Diana Flindt (Lower Lounge)
11:30–12:30
(US Eastern)
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On Goncharov (1973): Fact and (Interactive) Fiction
– Autumn Chen (Room 548)
11:30–11:45
(US Eastern)
Volunteer Opportunities at IFTF – Andrew Plotkin, Judith Pintar (Room 548)
11:45–12:15
(US Eastern)
Narrative-Based Games for Sexual Health – KB (Room 548: video)
12:15–12:30
(US Eastern)
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| 12:30–13:30
(US Eastern) |
Lunch (Lobby) | ||
| 13:30–14:30
(US Eastern) |
Going Union: How A Basement Indie Hired AAA Talent (And How You Can, Too!)
– Francisco González (Ballroom)
13:30–14:30
(US Eastern)
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SweepWeave: A Synthesis of Storylets and Simulated Characters
– Sasha Fenn (Lower Lounge)
13:30–14:30
(US Eastern)
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According to Cain: From Concept to Completion
– Jim Nelson (Room 548)
13:30–14:30
(US Eastern)
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| 14:30–15:00
(US Eastern) |
Break | ||
| 15:00–16:00
(US Eastern) |
Narrative Design in the Age of Twitch
– Stacey Mason (Ballroom)
15:00–16:00
(US Eastern)
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Horror Games: Lore VS Gameplay
– Cam (Lower Lounge)
15:00–16:00
(US Eastern)
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My Game Is A Joke, And I Demand To Be Taken Seriously
– Martin Hanses (Room 548: video)
15:00–16:00
(US Eastern)
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| 16:00–16:30
(US Eastern) |
Break | ||
| 16:30–17:30
(US Eastern) |
Wrap-up (Ballroom) | ||