CSC 084 - Interactive Fiction Workshop

Course Units: 1

Interactive fiction is storytelling that uses technology to create an interactive “reading” experience, requiring the reader to make choices that influence the plot. In this course you are going to read, critique, and create interactive fiction. You’ll develop your storytelling skills, and along the way you’ll learn some programming concepts, and history of narrative. video games. We’ll also consider how race, gender, class, sexuality, and (dis)ability shape our experiences of these games as players and writers. No previous CS experience is necessary. Students will need access to a laptop for class. (Also count toward GSW, STS.) Cross-Listed: EGL 284 Prerequisite(s): Take any EGL-100 level or higher or ATH 104 , or a score of 5 on English Composition or Literature AP test. CC: SET, HUL, HUM, WAC, JCAD, JETS, JLIT