This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on
Interactive Digital Storytelling ICIDS 2012 San Sebastián Spain November 2012. The 14
revised full papers presented together with 6 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected
from 48 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on theory and aesthetics
authoring tools and applications evaluation and user experience reports virtual characters
and agents new storytelling modes workshops.
