Introduction to Narrative Design for Video Games

Overview

“A good point to start talking about general narrative is the famous Journey of the Hero. Although this theory was developed by Campbell, it is Vogler's manual that has most influenced the narrative of video games. ”

In this video lesson Víctor Ojuel addresses the topic: Basic Narrative: The Journey of the Hero, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Narrative Design for Video Games. Learn to tell interactive stories and get started in the world of video games.

Partial transcription of the video

“The Hero's Journey Naturally, storytelling is an incredibly broad field. Even video games, storytelling is still a really broad field. We want to start at a productive point here, so I'll start by going over the hero's journey, a narrative theory first formulated by Campbell, an academic, in the 1950s, but first used in film, and later in video games to great success. This is a theory you'll want to know even if we're not planning on following it blindly because we'll modify it at will depending on the client or the game we're developing. Or we can even subvert it to do something completely...”

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Course summary for: Introduction to Narrative Design for Video Games

• Level: Beginner
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  3D & Animation

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  Game Design, Script, Video Games