by Abhinav Narain | Aug 17, 2016 | Blog, Game Design, Game Development, Technology
Dynamic music is a golden ticket to immersion. It takes the immersion of audio to a new level—one in which music is able to provide compelling feedback for both the emotion of what’s going on as well as for the actual physical actions the player is making. Let’s...
by Abhinav Narain | Aug 1, 2016 | Blog, Game Design, Writing
“The Last of Us” – 2013 (Image Source) In Part One of our discussion, we identified that the secret to good video game dialogue was no dialogue wherever possible. We also examined how many video games that don’t have any dialogue at all...
by Abhinav Narain | Jul 31, 2016 | Blog, Game Design, Writing
World-building and interactivity were meant for each other. The fact that the audience has control over the outcome of a gaming experience opens up a vast range of possibilities for storytelling lore exploration. As players, the more immersed we are in the backstory,...
by Abhinav Narain | Jul 25, 2016 | Blog, Game Design, Writing
“Journey” – 2012 (Image Source) The world of fiction writing is diverse—stories, today, are being told in a plethora of mediums, including video games. That being said, no matter what platform audiences will be experiencing your story through,...