Narrative Design
According to the text, this kind of story is created by the game designer. It is closer to the traditional form of narrative in novels and films.
What is an authored story?
This is the story-telling structure often used in works of fiction famous for its use of 7 major character archetypes
What is the Hero's Journey (the Monomyth)?
This kind of villain is an empathetic character, designed to drive the story forward to its conclusion
What is a narrative villain?
This Indie Game featuring a small white mammal protaganist actually won XBox Game of the Year and Best Art Direction in 2015.
What is Ori and the Blind Forest
According to the text, this kind of story can be produce by gameplay. They arise naturally as players push into the resistance of a game.
What is an emergent story?
What is the mechanics villain?
Mark Brown used this game to illustrate the lengths a player will go to torture their own characters in order to earn loot, complete tasks, and achieve victory in a game.
What is Darkest Dungeon?
This Indie Game developed by one programmer and a small group of artists stands out as significant because of its compelling narrative, its retro visuals, and its killer soundtrack (all composed by the programmer)
What is Undertale?
This narrative device features a non-interactive animation, whether for character development, action, or comedy, that provides a break from the action of the game and communicates story that cannot be communicated through gameplay.
What is a cut-scene?
This type of hero stands unique from other types because, while he/she is a hero, the viewer/player does not want him to succeed, due to the nature of his/her unethical actions. This kind of hero is difficult to implement in games as a result.
What is the anti-hero?
Mark Brown praised this game for its delivery of a powerful narrative through a very strange and unique set of mechanics featuring a database of videos.
What is Her Story?
This Indie Game features incredibly strong visual design centered around firearms and bullets. The only thing stronger than its art is its difficulty.
What is Enter the Gungeon?
This narrative device may be described as elements of narrative buried in the game's environment or tucked away in text with which the player must choose to read and interact.
This rare villain type is a character (often a monster) or object that stands as a representation of something the protaganist must overcome.
What is a Force-of-Nature Villain
Mark Brown references this game to show that strict mechanics can be used to reinforce the idea that corruption may not be as easy to avoid as we might like to believe.
What is This War of Mine or Papers, Please
This Indie game featuring a young female protaganist uses in-game mechanics as metaphors for overcoming depression and the internal conflict that arrises from mental illness.
What is Celeste?
This kind of story structure features a variety of paths available to the player, allowing them to choose the story they want to explore.
What is a branching story?
This Latin phrase referring to the middle of a story is used often in game narratives as a way of rushing the player to the action in Act 2 of the story.
What is "In Medias Res" (In the Middle of)
Games that provide options to the player on the surface, but secretly push the player on a very linear path are really using this:
What is The Illusion of Choice?