Nic Junius

PhD Candidate, Computational Media
University of California, Santa Cruz

Pronouns: they/them

Conference Papers

Communal Ritual Play: Interpretation of Game Narratives Across Communities
Bjarke A. Larsen, Nic Junius, Elin Carstensdottir
ICIDS 2023
Expressive Response Curves: Testing Expressive Game Feel with A*
Nic Junius, Elin Carstensdottir
AIIDE 2023
Constructing a Catbox: Story Volume Poetics in Umineko no Naku Koro Ni
Isaac Karth, Nic Junius, Max Kreminski
ICIDS 2022
Best Student Paper Nominee
Playing with the Strings: Designing Puppitor as an Acting Interface for Digital Games
Nic Junius, Michael Mateas, Noah Wardrip-Fruin, Elin Carstensdottir
AIIDE 2022
There Is No Escape: Theatricality in Hades
Nick Junius, Max Kreminski, Michael Mateas
FDG 2021
Best Paper
Improving Undergraduate Attitudes Towards Responsible Conduct of Research Through an Interactive Storytelling Game
Katelyn M. Grasse, Edward F. Melcer, Max Kreminski, Nick Junius, Noah Wardrip-Fruin
CHI Late Breaking Work 2021
Getting Academical: A Choice-Based Interactive Storytelling Game for Teaching Responsible Conduct of Research
Edward F. Melcer, Katelyn M. Grasse, James Ryan, Nick Junius, Max Kreminski, Dietrich Squinkifer, Brent Hill, Noah Wardrip-Fruin
FDG 2020
Exceptional Paper
Teaching Responsible Conduct of Research Through an Interactive Storytelling Game
Edward F. Melcer, James Ryan, Nick Junius, Max Kreminski, Dietrich Squinkifer, Brent Hill, Noah Wardrip-Fruin
CHI Late Breaking Work 2020
Towards Expressive Input for Character Dialogue in Digital Games
Nick Junius, Michael Mateas, Noah Wardrip-Fruin
FDG 2019
Exploring How Changes in Game Systems Generate Meaning
Batu Aytemiz, Nick Junius, Nathan Altice
DIGRA 2019

Book Chapters

Academical: A Choice-Based Interactive Storytelling Game for Enhancing Moral Reasoning, Knowledge, and Attitudes in Responsible Conduct of Research
Katelyn M. Grasse, Edward F. Melcer, Max Kreminski, Nick Junius, James Ryan, Noah Wardrip-Fruin
Springer, 2021

Workshop Papers

Cozy Mystery Construction Kit: Prototyping Toward an AI-Assisted Collaborative Storytelling Mystery Game
Max Kreminski, Devi Acharya, Nick Junius, Elisabeth Oliver, Kate Compton, Melanie Dickinson, Cyril Focht, Stacey Mason, Stella Mazeika, Noah Wardrip-Fruin
PCG Workshop 2019
Brigador: Bringing a Dramaturgical Lens to Games
Nick Junius
ASTR 2018

Dissertation and Theses

Developing a Computational Theater
Nic Junius
PhD Dissertation 2024
Tracks in Snow: A Digital Play About Judaism and Home
Nick Junius
MFA Thesis 2021
Puppitor: Building an Acting Interface for Videogames
Nick Junius
MS Thesis 2019