Interactive Storytelling for Video Games

A Player-Centered Approach to Creating Memorable Characters and Stories
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-138-42746-4
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 332 Seiten, Format (B × H): 191 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 775 g

What really makes a video game story interactive? What's the best way to create an interactive story?How much control should players be given? Do they really want that control in the first place?Do they even know what they want-or are their stated desires at odds with the unconscious preferences?All of these questions and more are examined in this definitive book on interactive storytelling for video games. You'll get detailed descriptions of all major types of interactive stories, case studies of popular games (including Bioshock, Fallout 3, Final Fantasy XIII, Heavy Rain, and Metal Gear Solid), and how players interact with them, and an in-depth analysis of the results of a national survey on player storytelling preferences in games. You'll get the expert advice you need to generate compelling and original game concepts and narratives.With Interactive Storytelling for Video Games, you'll:

Zielgruppe

Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lebowitz, Josiah

Klug, Chris

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Professionelle Anwendung Digitale Animation
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Professionelle Anwendung Digitales Video

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Game Stories, Interactivity, and What Players Want; Chapter 2 A Brief History of Storytelling in Games; Chapter 3 The Hero’s Journey and the Structure of Game Stories; Chapter 4 The Story and the Characters; Chapter 5 Making Stories Emotional; Chapter 6 Defining Interactive and Player-Driven Storytelling; Chapter 7 Fully Traditional and Interactive Traditional Stories; Chapter 8 Multiple-Ending Stories; Chapter 9 Branching Path Stories; Chapter 10 Open-Ended Stories; Chapter 11 Fully Player-Driven Stories; Chapter 12 The Argument for the Supremacy of Player-Driven Storytelling; Chapter 13 The Argument Against the Supremacy of Player-Driven Storytelling; Chapter 14 What Players Really Want: The Most Important Issue; Chapter 15 The Future of Storytelling in Games;

Über Autor(innen)

Josiah Lebowitz