Narrative Mechanics
Download Narrative Mechanics full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online free Narrative Mechanics ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!
Author | : Beat Suter |
Publisher | : transcript Verlag |
Total Pages | : 363 |
Release | : 2021-05-31 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 3839453453 |
Download Narrative Mechanics Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
What do stories in games have in common with political narratives? This book identifies narrative strategies as mechanisms for meaning and manipulation in games and real life. It shows that the narrative mechanics so clearly identifiable in games are increasingly used (and abused) in politics and social life. They have »many faces«, displays and interfaces. They occur as texts, recipes, stories, dramas in three acts, movies, videos, tweets, journeys of heroes, but also as rewarding stories in games and as narratives in society - such as a career from rags to riches, the concept of modernity or market economy. Below their surface, however, narrative mechanics are a particular type of motivational design - of game mechanics.
Author | : Victor Guillemin |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 428 |
Release | : 1968 |
Genre | : Quantum theory |
ISBN | : |
Download The Story of Quantum Mechanics Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Author | : Barbaros Bostan |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 347 |
Release | : 2021-12-07 |
Genre | : Computers |
ISBN | : 3030815382 |
Download Games and Narrative: Theory and Practice Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This book provides an introduction and overview of the rapidly evolving topic of game narratives, presenting the new perspectives employed by researchers and the industry, highlighting the recent empirical findings that illustrate the nature of it. The first section deals with narrative design and theory, the second section includes social and cultural studies on game narrative, the third section focuses on new technologies and approaches for the topic, the fourth section presents practices and case studies, and the final section provides industry cases from professionals.
Author | : Madelon Hoedt |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 215 |
Release | : 2019-10-23 |
Genre | : Games & Activities |
ISBN | : 1476672180 |
Download Narrative Design and Authorship in Bloodborne Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
In the vein of their cult-classic dark fantasy titles Demon's Souls (2009) and the Dark Souls franchise (2011, 2014, 2016), game developers FromSoftware released the bleak Gothic horror Bloodborne in 2015. Players are cast in the role of hunters in a hostile land, probing the shadowy city of Yharnam in search of "paleblood." The game achieved iconic status as both a horror and an action title for its rich lore and for the continuity of story elements through all aspects of game design. This first full-length study examines Bloodborne's themes of dangerous knowledge and fatal pride and its aesthetics in the context of other works on game studies, horror and the Gothic. The book's three parts focus on lore and narrative, the game's nightmarish world, and its mechanics.
Author | : John Reich |
Publisher | : Open SUNY Textbooks |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2017-07-10 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781942341475 |
Download Exploring Movie Construction and Production Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Exploring Movie Construction & Production contains eight chapters of the major areas of film construction and production. The discussion covers theme, genre, narrative structure, character portrayal, story, plot, directing style, cinematography, and editing. Important terminology is defined and types of analysis are discussed and demonstrated. An extended example of how a movie description reflects the setting, narrative structure, or directing style is used throughout the book to illustrate building blocks of each theme. This approach to film instruction and analysis has proved beneficial to increasing students¿ learning, while enhancing the creativity and critical thinking of the student.
Author | : Toiya Kristen Finley |
Publisher | : CRC Press |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 2018-07-24 |
Genre | : Computers |
ISBN | : 1498780792 |
Download Narrative Tactics for Mobile and Social Games Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Despite its significant growth over the past five years, the mobile and social videogame industry is still maturing at a rapid rate. Due to various storage and visual and sound asset restrictions, mobile and social gaming must have innovative storytelling techniques. Narrative Tactics grants readers practical advice for improving narrative design and game writing for mobile and social games, and helps them rise to the challenge of mobile game storytelling. The first half of the book covers general storytelling techniques, including worldbuilding, character design, dialogue, and quests. In the second half, leading experts in the field explore various genres and types of mobile and social games, including educational games, licensed IP, games for specific demographics, branding games, and free to play (F2P).
Author | : Hartmut Koenitz |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 203 |
Release | : 2023-04-17 |
Genre | : Computers |
ISBN | : 1000859185 |
Download Understanding Interactive Digital Narrative Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This remarkably clearly written and timely critical evaluation of core issues in the study and application of interactive digital narrative (IDN) untangles the range of theories and arguments that have developed around IDN over the past three decades. Looking back over the past 30 years of theorizing around interactivity, storytelling, and the digital across the fields of game design/game studies, media studies, and narratology, as well as interactive documentary and other emerging forms, this text offers important and insightful correctives to common misunderstandings that pervade the field. This book also changes the perspective on IDN by introducing a comprehensive conceptual framework influenced by cybernetics and cognitive narratology, addressing limitations of perspectives originally developed for legacy media forms. Applying its framework, the book analyzes successful works and lays out concrete design advice, providing instructors, students, and practitioners with a more precise and specific understanding of IDN. This will be essential reading for courses in interactive narrative, interactive storytelling, and game writing, as well as digital media more generally.
Author | : Tobias Heussner |
Publisher | : CRC Press |
Total Pages | : 363 |
Release | : 2023-08-16 |
Genre | : Computers |
ISBN | : 1000921778 |
Download The Game Narrative Toolbox Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Learn how to create compelling game storylines. Four experienced narrative designers from different genres of game development have banded together to create this all-inclusive guide on what it's like to work as a writer and narrative designer in the video game industry. From concept to final testing, The Game Narrative Toolbox walks readers through what role a narrative designer plays on a development team and what the requirements are at every stage of development. Drawing on real experiences, authors Tobias Heussner, Toiya Kristen Finley, PhD, Ann Lemay, and Jennifer Brandes Hepler provide invaluable advice for writing compelling player-centered stories and effective dialogue trees to help readers make the switch from writing prose or screenplay to interactive. Thoroughly revised, the Second Edition includes updated content reflecting the industry’s latest developments. In addition to revised and updated chapters, this new edition features two additional chapters covering more advanced topics that are applicable to the lessons learned from the original chapters. Accompanying every chapter are exercises that allow the reader to develop their own documentation, outlines, and game-dialogue samples for use in applying for industry jobs or developing independent projects.
Author | : Raph Koster |
Publisher | : "O'Reilly Media, Inc." |
Total Pages | : 259 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Computers |
ISBN | : 1932111972 |
Download Theory of Fun for Game Design Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Discusses the essential elements in creating a successful game, how playing games and learning are connected, and what makes a game boring or fun.
Author | : Tobias Heussner |
Publisher | : CRC Press |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 2019-02-18 |
Genre | : Computers |
ISBN | : 1351014382 |
Download The Advanced Game Narrative Toolbox Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
The Advanced Game Narrative Toolbox continues where the Game Narrative Toolbox ended. While the later covered the basics of writing for games, the Advanced Game Narrative Toolbox will cover techniques for the intermediate and professional writer. The book will cover topics such as how to adapt a novel to a game, how to revive IPs and how to construct transmedia worlds. Each chapter will be written by a professional with exceptional experience in the field of the chapter. Key Features Learn from industry experts how to tackle today’s challenges in storytelling for games. A learn by example and exercise approach, which was praised in the Game Narrative Toolbox. An in depth view on advanced storytelling techniques and topics as they are currently discussed and used in the gaming industry. Expand your knowledge in game writing as you learn and try yourself to design quests, write romances and build worlds as you would as a writer in a game studio. Improve your own stories by learning and trying the techniques used by the professionals of game writing.