ClueCart: Supporting Game Story Interpretation and Narrative Inference from Fragmented Clues
Paper i proceeding, 2025

Indexical storytelling is gaining popularity in video games, where the narrative unfolds through fragmented clues. This approach fosters player-generated content and discussion, as story interpreters piece together the overarching narrative from these scattered elements. However, the fragmented and non-linear nature of the clues makes systematic categorization and interpretation challenging, potentially hindering efficient story reconstruction and creative engagement. To address these challenges, we first proposed a hierarchical taxonomy to categorize narrative clues, informed by a formative study. Using this taxonomy, we designed ClueCart, a creativity support tool aimed at enhancing creators' ability to organize story clues and facilitate intricate story interpretation. We evaluated ClueCart through a between-subjects study (N=40), using Miro as a baseline. The results showed that ClueCart significantly improved creators' efficiency in organizing and retrieving clues, thereby better supporting their creative processes. Additionally, we offer design insights for future studies focused on player-centric narrative analysis.

Creativity Support Tool

Game Storytelling

Story Interpretation

Indexical Storytelling

Författare

Xiyuan Wang

ShanghaiTech University

Yi Fan Cao

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Junjie Xiong

ShanghaiTech University

Sizhe Chen

Chalmers, Mekanik och maritima vetenskaper, Fordonssäkerhet

Wenxuan Li

University of Southern California

Junjie Zhang

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)

Quan Li

ShanghaiTech University

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

410
9798400713941 (ISBN)

2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2025
Yokohama, Japan,

Ämneskategorier (SSIF 2025)

Data- och informationsvetenskap (Datateknik)

DOI

10.1145/3706598.3713381

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2025-06-03