STEM is a simple open source flash based system for developing simple branching stories and games. Some of the projects we have used it included Responsible Service of Alcohol training, Telephone Counselling skills for LifeLine Tasmania and a business training program for Electricians. This is the presentation that I did for the Sydney Serious Games BarCamp. During the the session I’ll talked about why I started to develop STEM and what I’ve learnt about developing branching stories and games. I plan on writing up what I said into a couple of blog post at http://www.sproutlabs.com.au/blog/

2. Why branching stories
http://www.sproutlabs.com.au/stem

3. Before
Why branching stories

4. Now
Why branching stories

5. What we have learnt

6. 1) Reality is boring

7. 1) Reality is boring

8. 2) Simple media is often OK

9. 2) Simple media is often OK

10. 3) Focus on where there is ambiguity
between what a novice and expert
might choose to do

11. 3) Focus on where there is
ambiguous between what a novice
and expert might choose to do

12. 4) Make feedback part of the
conversation not an added extra

13. 4) Make feedback part of the
conversation not an added extra

14. 4) Make feedback part of the
conversation not an added extra

15. 5) Loop points are good

16. 5)Loop points are good

17. 6) Situate it in details

18. 6) Situation it in details

19. How we are going about developing
these

20. How are we going about developing
these

21. How are we going about developing
these

22. How are we going about developing
these

23. Technical bits and pieces

24. http://www.sproutlabs.com.au/stem
Robin Petterd
robin@sproutlabs.com.au