Reading Between the Lines: What Passive Storytelling Teaches Us – Part 2, Overwatch
Today we leave the minimal dialogue discussed in Part One that was used to create a meaningful narrative and instead take a […]
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Speak Some Evil: The Secret to Good Video Game Dialogue (Part 2)
“The Last of Us” – 2013 (Image Source) In Part One of our discussion, we identified that the secret to
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3 Times a Game Universe Felt Real: Storytelling and World-building
World-building and interactivity were meant for each other. The fact that the audience has control over the outcome of a
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Speak No Evil: The Secret to Good Video Game Dialogue (Part 1)
“Journey” – 2012 (Image Source) The world of fiction writing is diverse—stories, today, are being told in a plethora
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Questions and the Game Design Process.
How many of you aspiring game developers hate creating characters, either playable or not? I myself was guilty of jotting
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Beyond Dialogue: 5 Ways to Develop Plots In Games
Overview: Developing Plots Means Story Progression Plots without development are what? Tick, tock, tick, tock…That’s right, concepts! A plot that isn’t
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3 Traits NPCs Desperately Need
It’s become this common thing in gaming where NPCs ramble on with seemingly no purpose, making players skip through the
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Horror, Thriller, and Darkness: How to Execute Scariness
Light stabs in through the gaps in the Venetian blinds as our heroine creeps slowly past the window, her footsteps
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5 Reasons Why There’s Few Believable Female Characters In Games
Let’s be blunt about it: female video game characters generally suck. Everyone knows it, and everyone talks about it, regardless
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Character Design in Game Development: Beyond the Wardrobe
When the topic of character design eventually arises during development, most writers for visual mediums will begin to construct the