E Skolnick

Video Game Storytelling

What Every Developer Needs to Know about Narrative Techniques

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Provides developers with comprehensive, but easy-to-follow advice for facilitating the creation of compelling storylines in popular and narratively successful video games. This book aims to instill an understanding and appreciation of the basic storytelling principles that are essential for producing truly memorable video games.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Random House USA Inc
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 154mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 280g
• ISBN-13: 9780385345828
• ISBN-10: 0385345828
• Artikelnr.: 40581674

Autorenporträt

Evan Skolnick

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I - Basic Training
1. Conflict: The Fuel of Story
2. The Three-Act Structure
3. The Monomyth
4. Characters and Arcs
5. Exposition
6. Believability
7. Dialogue
Part II - In the Trenches
8. Team Leadership
9. Overall Game Design
10. Game Character Development
11. Level and Mission Development
12. Environments
13. Engineering the Story
14. Audio
15. Quality Assurance (QA)
Afterword Return with the Elixir
Appendix I Sample Character Description Document
Appendix II Sample Environment Description Document
Acknowledgments
Index