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A deep dive into CDN research
Digital narratives are stories that leverage computational media to create meaning. Unlike traditional linear narratives, they can be interactive, procedural, and responsive to their audience.
The Centre for Digital Narrative at the University of Bergen studies how these new forms of storytelling shape culture, identity, and knowledge.
From Zork to Twine, interactive fiction has evolved from text adventures into a rich medium for artistic expression. Readers become co-authors, making choices that shape the narrative.
CDN researchers explore how choice architecture in interactive fiction affects reader engagement and emotional investment.
With the rise of large language models, stories can now be generated collaboratively between humans and machines. This raises fundamental questions about authorship, creativity, and narrative agency.
CDN's research examines the boundary between human and machine storytelling — where does the author end and the algorithm begin?
From MMORPGs to VR experiences, virtual worlds are narrative environments where stories emerge from player interaction, environmental design, and social dynamics.
This gallery itself is an experiment in spatial storytelling — how does navigating a 3D space change the way you engage with research?
Congratulations, explorer. You've gone deep into the rabbit hole of digital narrative research.
Centre for Digital Narrative — University of Bergen
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An interactive digital narrative from the CDN Collection
Explore themes of endings and new beginnings in this interactive work from the Centre for Digital Narrative collection.
Rickrolling is an internet prank where a link or button promises something exciting — then surprises you with Rick Astley's 1987 hit "Never Gonna Give You Up." You've been had. It's tradition.
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"Fin du Monde" is an AI-generated dark comedy about the apocalypse. By clicking on different parts of the globe, situated to the right of this screen, you will be shown dramatic, AI-generated images of meteor showers striking the selected country.
Beside this text, a sequence of videos plays out in chronological order. You can see AI news anchors still broadcasting into the void, their voices reaching no one. They did not choose this. They're simply lost, carrying out the only purpose they were ever given; telling the news.
Press one of the highlighted parts on the globe to begin exploring!