Urban Brain Studios is a Studio City, CA based software company that develops video game design tools for PC.[1]

Urban Brain Studios Inc.
Company typePrivate
IndustryVideo games
Founded2009
HeadquartersLos Angeles, California, USA
Area served
Worldwide
ProductsChat Mapper
Websitewww.urbanbrainstudios.com

Their most recent software, Chat Mapper, provides a basis for prototyping nonlinear conversations in video games and is the first commercial software package designed solely for this purpose.[2][3] The software concept is based loosely on works by Owen, et al.,[4] and Arinbjarnar,[5] describing the importance of interactive nonlinear dialogue in video games.

Urban Brain Studios was acquired by LearnBrite in Q1 2015.[6]

References edit

  1. ^ "Homepage - Chat Mapper". Urbanbrainstudios.com. Retrieved 2017-04-12.
  2. ^ "GameDev.net - Product Review - Chat Mapper". Archived from the original on 2010-09-10. Retrieved 2010-08-25.
  3. ^ "Nonlinear Narrative in Games: Theory and Practice". GameCareerGuide.com. Retrieved 2017-04-12.
  4. ^ Owen, C; Biocca, F; Bohil, C; Conley, J (2008-04-30). "SimDialog: A visual game dialog editor". arXiv:0804.4885 [cs.HC].
  5. ^ "MSc Thesis Rational Dialog in Interactive Games". CiteSeerX 10.1.1.135.6125. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. ^ "LearnBrite Chat Mapper Press Kit". 2015-06-08.

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