Script Cards: A Visual Programming Language for Games Authoring by Young People

Authors:
Katherine Howland;Judith Good;Judy Robertson
Affiliations:
University of Sussex, UK;University of Sussex, UK;Glasgow Caledonian University, UK
Venue:
VLHCC '06 Proceedings of the Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing
Year:
2006

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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.