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StoryOS

AI-Native Curriculum & Learning Infrastructure

StoryOS is SSL's curriculum and learning management system for the next generation of storytellers. Nine structured cohort programmes spanning drama, documentary, audio, games, brand narrative, and visual media. Each produces publishable work through disciplined human-AI collaboration. Available for institutional licensing and partnership.

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9
Cohort Programmes
8
Core Modules
18+
Short Courses
12
Verifiable Badges

Active Programmes

Four cohorts now open

Each cohort is a structured programme built around a distinct creative format. Students complete a publishable project by the end of the cohort. All programmes use AI as a disciplined creative collaborator, not a shortcut.

Cohort 01
Short-form Drama
Vertical Drama

Portrait-format drama written, produced, and published for mobile-first audiences. AI assists at script development, shot sequencing, and edit rhythm. Students produce a three-episode pilot series meeting platform specifications for TikTok, Reels, and YouTube Shorts.

8 modules3-episode pilot outputActive
Cohort 02
Interactive Narrative
Visual Novel

Choice-based narrative design using Ren'Py with AI-assisted writing, character design, and branching architecture. Students produce a playable visual novel with three narrative branches, original character art, and a complete musical score direction document.

8 modulesPlayable build outputActive
Cohort 03
Motion & Narrative
Kinetic Novel

Animated text, motion graphics, and layered visual storytelling for digital-native reading. AI supports layout design, motion scripting, and narrative pacing. Students produce a complete kinetic novel chapter publishable on Webtoon or as a standalone digital format.

8 modulesPublished chapter outputActive
Cohort 04
Character & Dialogue Systems
Interactive Character

Design and build AI-driven characters with persistent personality, memory, and dialogue systems. Students develop a deployable interactive character with documented design logic, conversation architecture, and a provenance-stamped character bible.

8 modulesDeployable character outputActive

Expanding 2026–2027

Five new cohort programmes in development, each with dedicated short course tracks. Institutions and partners can register interest now.

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Audio Drama
Narrative Podcast

AI-scripted audio storytelling, voice generation, sound design, and distribution on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Students produce a finished narrative podcast pilot ready for public release.

3 short courses planned
Soon
Campaign Narrative
Brand Storytelling

Brief-to-campaign AI workflow for agencies and marketing teams. Serialised brand narrative at scale. Students produce a complete campaign narrative package with AI-assisted content architecture.

3 short courses planned
Soon
Interactive Worldbuilding
Game Narrative

Dialogue systems, quest design, and worldbuilding for games. Unity and Unreal narrative integration. Students deliver a complete narrative design document with playable dialogue prototype.

3 short courses planned
Soon
Non-Fiction AI
Interactive Documentary

AI-assisted documentary storytelling. Research, script, and interactive format design for journalism and advocacy. Students produce a documentary pilot with interactive editorial layer.

3 short courses planned
Soon
Panel Storytelling
Webtoon & Graphic Novel

AI image generation for panel-based visual storytelling. Publish on Webtoon, Tapas, and GlobalComix. Students produce three complete episodes of an original series with full visual and narrative consistency.

3 short courses planned

Curriculum architecture

Eight-module framework

Every StoryOS cohort shares a common module architecture. The framework moves from foundational AI literacy through production practice to publication, IP governance, and final presentation. Sequencing logic and build order are held as protected curriculum IP.

ModuleTitle & FocusPhase
M 01
AI Literacy for Story-Makers
Foundations of human-AI collaboration in creative practice. How large language models, image models, and audio models work, and where human authorship begins and ends.
Foundation
M 02
Format & Platform Intelligence
Understanding the technical and cultural constraints of the target format. Platform specifications, audience expectations, and the design decisions that distinguish each cohort's output medium.
Foundation
M 03
AI-Assisted Development
Using AI as a collaborative development tool: story structuring, character development, dialogue generation, and iterative drafting. Human creative direction at every stage.
Practice
M 04
Production Workshop
Format-specific production skills applied to the cohort project. Covers the technical and creative production workflows relevant to each cohort's output medium.
Production
M 05
Provenance, IP & Authenticity
C2PA content provenance standards, timestamping, and attribution workflows. IP ownership in AI-assisted creative work. Authenticity Lens framework applied to student projects.
Governance
M 06
Publication & Distribution
Platform submission, metadata, licensing, and distribution strategy. Students prepare their project for real-world publication with full provenance documentation.
Publication
M 07
Project Development & Critique
Structured development sessions and peer critique. Students develop their cohort project from concept through draft to publishable output with instructor feedback at each stage.
Studio
M 08
Final Project Presentation
Presentation of completed cohort project to peers and invited guests. Submission of publishable output, project documentation, and reflection on the AI-assisted process.
Assessment

Short courses

Standalone offerings

Short courses are available as standalone offerings for institutions that want to introduce specific skills without running a full cohort programme. All short courses can be delivered online or adapted for in-person workshop format.

Prompting for Story: An Introduction
4 hoursOnlineOpen intake
AI Content Provenance & the C2PA Standard
6 hoursOnlineOpen intake
Visual Novel Production Fundamentals
2 daysIn-person or onlineCohort of 12
Interactive Character Design
1 dayWorkshopMax 20
IP Strategy for AI-Native Creators
3 hoursOnlineOpen intake
EU AI Act for Creative Professionals
4 hoursOnlineOpen intake
Vertical Drama: Writing for Mobile Formats
1 dayWorkshopMax 20
AI Audio Production for Narrative Podcasts
6 hoursOnlineOpen intake
Game Narrative Design Foundations
2 daysIn-person or onlineCohort of 15

Badges & completion awards

StoryOS issues Open Badges (via Badgr) for cohort completion and module achievements. Badges are verifiable, shareable, and provenance-stamped. Each active cohort carries its own completion badge; module badges are awarded across all cohorts.

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StoryOS Cohort Completer
Awarded on submission of a completed publishable cohort project meeting all assessment criteria.
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AI Literacy: Story
Awarded on completion of Module 01 with passing assessment. Stackable across all cohorts.
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Provenance Practitioner
Awarded on completion of Module 05, demonstrating C2PA workflow competency and Authenticity Lens application.
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Vertical Drama Producer
Awarded to Vertical Drama cohort completers with a published three-episode pilot.
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Visual Novel Author
Awarded to Visual Novel cohort completers with a playable three-branch build.
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Interactive Character Designer
Awarded to Interactive Character cohort completers with a deployable character and documented design logic.
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Kinetic Novel Creator
Awarded to Kinetic Novel cohort completers with a published digital chapter.
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Human-AI Collaboration
Cross-cohort badge awarded for documented evidence of disciplined human authorship throughout an AI-assisted project.
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Publication Ready
Awarded on completion of Module 06 with a fully documented, platform-ready submission package.