During game development most developers focus on finding the fun. But what about those unique characteristics that set the game apart from hundreds of other games? If we have fun during the process of game development we will find the charm in our games.
In this part 3 of Narrative Fueled By Actors, I explore the possibilities of creating a narrative by using the concept of a narrative énoncé which uses actors and functions to create the base structure of a narrative.
This is part 2 of Narrative Fueled By Actors. In this part, I explore how we might keep a narrative which is driven by actors interesting, how to keep the narrative 'on track', and also how user interaction could possibly be introduced.
This is the first entry of a series of posts regarding creating narrative in a virtual space. This particular entry discusses some basics of story logic as well as explores the possibilities of how to create actor driven narrative.
@Arielle: Thanks. One thing we recently discussed in the Toy Studio podcast is if finding the fun equates to finding the charm. It became a rather interesting discussion as we found out the two didn't necessarily equate to each other. To a certain extent I'd like to say it's about ...
Nick - good post. Was wondering why you left out plunder mode in Uncharted 2 as I feel it it does what Lead and Gold does but in a much more fun fashion. As for rush mode in BFBC2 quite an acronym isn't it I can't speak much for it ...
Bart, I feel that you've missed the point of Make Everything Overpowered . First you state that you can do this visually and acoustically. Throw lots of flashbang art and audio at them while stroking their senses of self-importance, and players will never notice there's no substance behind the repetitive ...
I completely agree. To take it even further it seems that having an organization which would facilitate and aid in the pairing of these strike teams. In fact I believe a couple of start ups have started this in Winnipeg but have yet to venture into the console world.
@Thomas - I'm going to take a look at MediaWiki. Unfortunately we were using our project tracking software for Wikis which had an intolerable system so anything and I mean anything worth document took at least 30 minutes to properly modify or add.
Altug, something which you might be interested in doing a bit more reading up on due to your comments on pacing and tension would be dramatic beats. I think you'll find it very interesting and insightful.
