Frank Forrestall is Art Director at Forrestall Studio Inc.; an Art/Design studio servicing all creative industries.
With over 12 years experience in the Entertainment Industry - Film/TV/Animation - Frank brings with him a wealth of experience in Concept Art, Character Design, Storytelling, Animation and Production experience.
As a newcomer to the Game industry Frank seeks to work with game developers to break new ground in visual game experience.
Here are some notes and concept sketches for a project in development with Silverback Productions where I had nearly carte-blanch opportunity to develop characters for a quaint little fantasy world.
By accident or design, MOST games possess a narrative structure. They can either be well conceived narratives and help improve the quality of the game or be accidental and loose the opportunity.
CASE STUDY: the timeless narrative of Chess!
I totally understand where this article is coming from. The predictable mantra that games must be fun to be worthwhile is almost as irritating as the battle cry that they must be addicting or cool. These are the shallowest definitions of what makes a game worthwhile. The evolution of games ...
Interesting parallel. There's also a cross-over with Campbell's monomyth going on. Collecting would be a variation of the Road of Trials from many myths. The parallels with video games are obvious, but one element that I've found lacking in many games is an answer to the question 'why ' or ...
I don't think the game necessarily needs to 'tell' you anything. But I'm proposing that a natural narrative structure/flow to the elements can contribute to the quality of its experience... if it's done right. Admittedly this is all more theory than fact at this point. I'm just hoping someone reads ...
Interesting dilemma. I agree that it's pretty weak to present a choice to a player and yet have no meaningful concequence to that choice. Bioshock's choice was pretty 'cosmetic', do you want to play a sterotypical 'bad guy' or a stereotypical 'good guy' It came down to what sort of ...
Hey Kevin, Thanks for the Art kudos : I doubt you were playing the game wrong, but I've never played POP. I'm guessing that if the creators didn't try to use the feature as a narrative tool than it probably wasn't meant to provoke an emotive connection and was just ...
don't get me started on Jackson's LotR Yes, when you include the Silmarillion it gets much deeper. It's funny how he clips neatly around all of those spiritual elements in his trilogy though. The only moment I recall a direct reference was the actions of Faramir's men at dinner time, ...
