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Mon 11 Oct 2021 15:10 - 15:20 - Lowering the Floor for Creative Expression Chair(s): John Grundy

Live coding – the real-time procedural creation of audiovisual works – suggests opportunities to extend hand-drawn animation; however, existing live-coding systems are incompatible with manual animation workflows. Manual input is not a primary input in existing live-coding languages and live coding tools require using symbolic programming environments. We theorize that by applying direct manipulation to the domain of live coding, we can enable animators to create custom mappings between hand-drawn animations and audio effects in real-time. We present Megafauna, a sketch-based tool for audiovisual performance, informed by interviews with professional animators. Megafauna enables the integrated generation and control of hand-drawn animation and audio sequences by enabling animators to directly sketch mapping functions between animation frames and sound oscillators. We demonstrate the expressive potential of Megafauna by reproducing animated compositions from both live coding and manual domains and describe how the system supports manual expression and exploration in live performance.

Mon 11 Oct

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15:00 - 15:40
Lowering the Floor for Creative ExpressionResearch Papers
Chair(s): John Grundy Monash University
15:00
10m
Paper
VREUD - An End-User Development Tool to Simplify the Creation of Interactive VR ScenesFull paper
Research Papers
Enes Yigitbas Paderborn University, Germany, Jonas Klauke Paderborn University, Sebastian Gottschalk Paderborn University, Gregor Engels Paderborn University
15:10
10m
Paper
Preserving Hand-Drawn Qualities in Audiovisual Performance Through Sketch-Based InteractionFull paper
Research Papers
Samuelle Bourgault University of California Santa Barbara, Jennifer Mary Jacobs University of California, Santa Barbara
15:20
10m
Short-paper
Interactive Fiction Creation in Villanelle: Understanding and Supporting the Author ExperienceShort paper
Research Papers
John Bacher North Carolina State University, Chris Martens North Carolina State University
15:30
10m
Short-paper
Scaffolding Game Design: Towards tool support for planning open-ended projects in an introductory game design classShort paper
Research Papers
Alexander Card North Carolina State University, Wengran Wang North Carolina State University, Chris Martens North Carolina State University, Thomas Price North Carolina State University