Introduction to Narrative Design for Video Games

Overview

“The tasks of the narrative designer or video game writer vary considerably: from one game to another depending on the genre, from one client to another depending on the company. We will explain what types of deliverables are usually used as a videogame professional: film script format, VR, Twine, Excel, among many others. Having seen that, you are ready to write some of them yourself; specifically, first I will help you write your first cinematic script.”

In this video lesson Víctor Ojuel addresses the topic: Video Game Narrative: Deliverables, 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

“Deliverables In video games, deliverables take many forms depending on the project we're working on, on the client with we're working for, on the quirks of that client, on the video game genre... So it's interesting to see some more usual examples of deliverables, although in real life in this industry, they come in all shapes and sizes. Sometimes, it's a huge Excel sheet filled with dialogue options. Sometimes, it's an interactive system, and as narrative designers, we need to define the different options. Sometimes it's a movie script. Now, in the next example, I'll talk about that specif...”

This transcript is automatically generated, so it may contain mistakes.

Course summary for: Introduction to Narrative Design for Video Games

• Level: Beginner
• 97% positive reviews (295)
• 7519 students
• 5 units
• 17 lessons (2h 58m)
• 1 download

• Category

  3D & Animation

• Areas

  Game Design, Script, Video Games