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This demo showcases a lightweight conversation template designed to help students prototype short, character-driven interactions within Answer Campus, an ongoing academic game series. By writing inside an established game world using a prebuilt Unity framework, students can sidestep common early blockers in game development: scope creep, technical uncertainty, blank-page paralysis, etc. and instead focus on tone, branching structure, and relational outcomes. This demo was piloted as a two-week narrative design sprint where students created original conversations for existing characters, drawing on a shared character bible and game assets. Post-mortems revealed that the template supported both technical and narrative growth, allowing students to explore authorship, collaboration, and emotional design.

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Structured Entry, Creative Voice: Scaffolding Narrative Design Through Reusable Game Frameworks

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    2026年

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  • Clay Ewing,
  • Justin Jacobson

摘要

This demo showcases a lightweight conversation template designed to help students prototype short, character-driven interactions within Answer Campus, an ongoing academic game series. By writing inside an established game world using a prebuilt Unity framework, students can sidestep common early blockers in game development: scope creep, technical uncertainty, blank-page paralysis, etc. and instead focus on tone, branching structure, and relational outcomes. This demo was piloted as a two-week narrative design sprint where students created original conversations for existing characters, drawing on a shared character bible and game assets. Post-mortems revealed that the template supported both technical and narrative growth, allowing students to explore authorship, collaboration, and emotional design.