Introduction to Narrative Design for Video Games

Overview

“Here you will see the classic movie script, in its use for video games. I will explain the basic elements, such as margins, notation and how to describe scenes, characters and action. This is not a film script course itself, so we will see the main elements without stopping excessively to quickly create your own script. And so far the theory: next you will write your first script. Following the actual process of a selection test that I did myself, in this unit I will give you a briefing to create a small scene to spec , that is , sticking to what the client has in mind. You will wake up that briefing to see what the basic requirements are, and from them you will take the first steps to design that scene and create a structure of who will appear, what will happen and how it will be resolved the action. ”

In this video lesson Víctor Ojuel addresses the topic: Introduction to the film script, 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

“Screenplay 101 Next, we're going to go over one of the most common formats in the video game industry: the screenplay. Like the name implies this format is basically, with some small changes, the same one that's been used for decades in the film industry. This course is not a film script course, so I won't be explaining it in detail, but I'll give you a couple of guidelines so you know how the screenplay format works, and then we'll jump right into the action. I'm going to give you a client brief. I'm using an exact copy from a real one I got. A client is going to ask you to do a spec test,...”

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Course summary for: Introduction to Narrative Design for Video Games

• Level: Beginner
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• 5 units
• 17 lessons (2h 58m)
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• Category

  3D & Animation

• Areas

  Game Design, Script, Video Games