http://www.storytron.com/blog Interactive Storytelling Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:16:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en --posted by Chris Perhaps you have noticed that Storytron seems to be suffering from a bad case of the vapors. Our very first business plan called for us to publicly launch everything on January 1st, 2008. That didn't happen. We pushed the launch date back to March 15th. But in early ... http://www.storytron.com/blog/2008/07/25/vaporware/ -posted by Chris Things may appear to have been quiet around here lately, but in truth we've been a beehive of activity. Pati is almost done with the new rewritten tutorials (the existing ones were written in February and much has changed since then). Facundo and Louis have been fixing lots ... http://www.storytron.com/blog/2008/07/17/were-getting-close/ -posted by Chris I attended the Games For Change Conference in New York City on Tuesday, June 3rd. I spoke in the first panel discussion on 'ancient games for change', along with Jim Gasperini, author of Hidden Agenda. My primary purpose was to talk about Balance of Power (1984) and Balance ... http://www.storytron.com/blog/2008/06/05/games-for-change-conference/ --posted by Laura I'm pleased to announce that Storytron's shiny new website is up. Pati, Louis, and I have been working since April to get all the pages built and working according to specs. Now we want your input. Let us know what you think. Post your comments, questions, and feedback in ... http://www.storytron.com/blog/2008/06/03/website-alpha-launch/ -posted by Chris (cross-posted to News by Laura) I will be speaking at the Games for Change conference in New York City next week. You can find details at: Games for Change Conference but you'll have to pay for the privilege of heckling me. I'll be talking about my old games on Tuesday ... http://www.storytron.com/blog/2008/05/30/games-for-change-appearance/ --posted by Laura Pati has added some new forums to the StoryBoard. In the Authors' Guild Category, Storybuilding Creative Issues, we have: * Storyworld Toolbox (Storyworld scripting techniques, do’s and don’ts, brainstorming, troubleshooting) * Secret Masters of Strondom (Design theory, authorial chit chat, holding forth on the state of the field) For these ... http://www.storytron.com/blog/2008/05/22/new-fora/ --posted by Laura Pati has gathered feedback on our webpages and is in the process of making adjustments to the layout. I'll post an announcement in News and the StoryBoard when they go up. Watch this space. Join the discussion! http://www.storytron.com/blog/2008/05/14/webpage-improvements-coming-soon/ -posted by Chris Crawford The Board of Directors met by telephone conference call yesterday and approved our rollout plan. Here are the key dates for that rollout plan: June 1st: SWAT and Storyteller will be declared to be Version 1.0. The website will be ready to go except for the tutorials and ... http://www.storytron.com/blog/2008/05/10/rollout-plan/ --posted by Chris We are once again pushing back our rollout date. Yes, I know, the rollout date appears to be receding at the rate of about one week per week. However, the delays have been due to... well, you know, we have lots of good excuses, and they're boring. So here's ... http://www.storytron.com/blog/2008/05/05/status-quo/ --posted by Laura Now that the bulk of the HTML pages are up, we've reached another quiescent period, with several efforts going on behind the scenes. Pati is taking a respite this weekend, after three weeks of intense work re-creating our website from scratch. Facundo is back (hooray!), and I suspect he ... http://www.storytron.com/blog/2008/05/03/a-peak-behind-the-curtain/