Narrative Design for Indies

Edwin Mcrae

• 25 februari 2018
• 9780473430603

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You want to create a video game? Great!You want to tell a story? Fantastic!You want to create a video game that tells a story? What? Are you insane?!I’m joking, kind of. You don’t have to be insane to tell a good story through your Indie video game, but you do have to be out of your mind. What I mean is, you have to empty your brain of a whole bunch of stuff that Hollywood and Triple-As have told you about games and stories, and fill it up with stuff that’s actually going to work on your teeny tiny budget.Three Act structure? That’s like trying to shove a giant triangle through a tiny circle.Hero’s Journey? Yup, that’ll take you nowhere, fast.Authorial Authority. Now you’re just winding me up!Whether you’re an Indie developer or a narrative designer wanting to work in the Indie space, Narrative Design for Indies: Getting Started will take you through some tried and true techniques of Indie video game storytelling. Techniques that have been developed to blow minds rather than budgets.