14. Interactivity in Digital Storytelling

The Northern Digital Storytelling Festival is an online festival comprising 20 sessions designed to encourage collaboration, inspiration, and knowledge-share at the intersections between games, film and TV, XR and the more traditional creative industries, to encourage the furthering of ‘Digital Storytelling’ innovations in the North of England and beyond.

Interactivity in digital storytelling provides rich opportunities, but also big challenges with respect to narrative experience and audience agency. Discussing both will be Sam Mateosian, Director of Driftspace VR, Creative Consultant Tim Powell and Prof Marian Ursu from University of York.