Introduction to Narrative Design for Video Games

Overview

“In this chapter I will guide you a little through the writing of that script, giving you an example written by myself. I will explain some of the decisions I make while writing it, so you can see some of the things I have in mind when writing a script. We will move on to a quick camera (because naturally it is a work of hours, of course), and I will discuss some of my conclusions at the end. Once you see this video, you can start to write your own scene, following the guidelines I have given you before ... or write your own scene according to your own tastes.”

In this video lesson Víctor Ojuel addresses the topic: Writing your 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

“Writing your Screenplay Perfect. Next up, we're going to write that script. This will be our end of unit practice, and it consists on writing this script. But I recommend you do it hand in hand with me. I'm going to write each part of the script. I'm going to pause to walk you through certain decisions, why I'm writing certain parts of the scene this way or that, and I encourage you to do it hand in hand with me so you can see the reason why we're making those decisions, and how we're build each part of that scene. Come with me. The Briefing Now, we could really start by writing a film scri...”

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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