In 36 hours, participants will team up to brainstorm ideas, create open-source projects and demo prototypes of their own responsive/perceptive storytelling experiences. Participants compete against the clock, not against each other. Teams will have access to unreleased cutting-edge tools and be mentored by experts from research and industry sharing their knowledge and expertise.
The most promising prototypes will be demoed at a mini-conference dedicated to the future of storytelling as part of BBC Digital Cities Manchester 2019.
Ideal participants are from the creative sectors such as,
- Freelancers, Sole-traders and SMEs working in new media fields combining data with media,, may have tried twine, eko, inkle, etc
- Producers and Directors interested in adaptive and non-linear narratives, may have tried twine, eko, inkle, etc
- Developers with an interest in audio & video combined with data and used javascript libs like the VideoContext.js, Seriously.js, etc
- Students and Academics with a deep interest in object-based media, adaptive narratives, interactive digital narrative
- Artists exploring mixed media and non-linear narratives
Remember tickets are an expression of interest...
The event is run with support from BBC R&D and BBC Academy, MMU's School of Digital Arts, Storytellers United, Popathon, University of York’s Digital Creativity labs and Creative England.
