Reflection Wk 8 – Story in games « Game Design Workshop

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Reflection Wk 8 – Story in games

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Tags: story

Watch Daniel Floyd’s video on Videogames and Storytelling:

(If you enjoy this, he has many more videos worth checking out. I particularly recommend Video Games and Morality, which is a pet topic of mine.)

Consider. What is the role of story in games? Is it really possible to make a game tell a meaningful story? How do the constraints of narrative mesh with the freedom of play?

Read Ernest Adams article on Sandbox Storytelling. Do you agree?

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1 Malcolm
September 16, 2010 at 11:44 am

Also check out Daniel Floyd’s Extra Credit series on the Escapist. Particularly Video Games and Bad Writing.

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