The document discusses design considerations for the language and interaction of digital children's books. It addresses topics like defining the basic units of a story beyond traditional pages, using the entire screen as an infinite canvas, establishing expectations for interactivity, and ensuring interactions enhance and are in service of the story.

1. the language of
digital children’s books
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2. a new language
of which we don’t know the lexicon
and grammar

3. named objects

4. +
pidgin
Credit: Nat Sims

6. our philosophy
it’s all about the story

7. agenda
what is a page?
interaction affordance
timed events

8. stories are split into
pages due to a
technology constraint

9. and if that constraint were gone?

10. ceci n'est pas une page

11. think of the screen as an infinite
canvas

13. scene
transition
shot 1 shot 2

14. scene
shot 1
shot 2
shot 3

15. repetition is free in digital

16. basic interaction
trigger animations or sounds n
touch events

17. touch mania

18. affordance
indicating that an object or area is
interactive

19. affordance
•Inherent (ie: button)
•Objects with animation
•Highlight hotspots with visual effects (ie:
glow)
•Or... everything is interactive

20. but not everything at the same time,
please

21. interaction expectation
first scenes set the standard of what
to expect

22. avoid frustration by having similar
interaction level on every scene

23. complex interactions late into the
story might be missed

24. timed events
trigger animations or sounds after
a certain time

25. does the reader still control the
flow of the story?

26. narration events
events synchronized with the
narration

27. what happens when the narration is
off?

29. ...but always in service to the story

30. Thanks!
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