Title :
Script Cards: A Visual Programming Language for Games Authoring by Young People
Author :
Howland, Katherine ; Good, Judith ; Robertson, Judy
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Informatics, Sussex Univ., Brighton
Abstract :
This paper describes Script Cards, a visual programming language which enables young people to script story events in a 3D role-playing game (Neverwinter Nights). Script Cards is designed to eliminate the need to learn a complex scripting language when creating interactive stories. An initial evaluation of Script Cards suggests that young people found it easy to use
Keywords :
computer games; visual languages; visual programming; 3D role-playing game; Neverwinter Nights; Script Cards; games authoring; scripting language; visual programming language; Computer languages; Education; Graphics; Informatics; Marine vehicles; Natural languages; Process design; Programming profession; Usability; Writing;
Conference_Titel :
Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing, 2006. VL/HCC 2006. IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Brighton
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2586-5
DOI :
10.1109/VLHCC.2006.42
