Interactive Fiction for Beginners! with Dan Hett

Arc Centre and Gallery

Hands-on learning and writing using a pinch of technology, with award-winning writer and games developer, Dan Hett.

Arts and Health Week

Explore how creativity can impact your mental health and wellbeing! If you have any problems booking, call in to Arc at Hat Works, email info@arc-centre.org or call 0161 480 7731
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Interactive fiction, or interactive storytelling, is a way of making and playing stories that can go in lots of different directions, and have lots of different endings. If you've leafed through a Choose Your Own Adventure book, played story-based videogames, or watched Bandersnatch you'll feel right at home. This workshop, aimed at complete beginners, covers not just how to plan out write your own stories that other people can play, but also teaches you how to build them yourself using the free and easy to use Twine engine. Along the way we'll look at loads of fun and interesting examples of other people's interactive stories, and have a think about why and how sometimes telling stories that are playable can be fun, interesting, cathartic, or all of the above. Absolutely no knowledge is required for this workshop: it's completely suitable for anyone who's interested in learning how to write new kinds of stories or create fun text-based games, or is just curious about how any of this stuff works. All you'll need to bring is yourself: we provide the computers, and after the workshop we'll be sending out lots of links and resources to attendees, so you can continue learning at your own pace. Join us! :)BIO: Dan Hett is an award-winning writer, artist and games developer from Manchester, whose career has taken him through creating creative technology and artworks for the likes of Havas, the BBC, Sky, TATE and the Open Data Institute. He's also the creative director of indie games studio PASSENGER, who recently released their first large-scale work CLOSED HANDS - an interactive fiction project exploring radicalisation, extremism, and identity politics in the UK, which launched in March 2021. Dan has also written extensively on extremism and digital culture for The Guardian, The Observer, and the BBC. Find out more about Dan at <a href="http://danhett.com" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://danhett.com</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/danhett" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://twitter.com/danhett </a>Due to an occasional history of non-attendance to sold out free events, we respectfully request that if no longer required, you cancel your place via your Eventbrite Tickets or by getting in touch with us if you can no longer make it, to free up space for people on the waiting list.Stockport Arts and Health Week and the Micro Commissions are supported by Stockport MBC as part of Culture Stockport and funded by GMCA. A huge thank you to Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council for supporting this project and continuing to champion and invest in arts for health in the Borough. If you are unable to attend, or for any queries or access needs, please email info@arc-centre.org or phone 0161 480 7731.

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