In this course, you will examine how storytelling acts as a vital mechanism for driving video gameplay forward. Looking at several historical and contemporary games, you will be asked to evaluate and interpret different story styles with the goal of identifying themes and procedures for your own game ideas. We'll examine traditional narrative story processes, such as three-act structure, and how they fit into game story flows and the strategic elements of gameplay. Ultimately, you will learn how to define character, setting, and structure to create a compelling game concept.
Этот курс входит в специализацию ''Специализация Game Design: Art and Concepts'
Story and Narrative Development for Video Games
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Interactive StorytellingVideo Game DevelopmentVideo Game DesignGame Design
Программа курса: что вы изучите
Неделя
1Week 1: An Introduction to Story
For the first week of the class, we will be analyzing the components of three-act structure using a classic fairytale as an example. We'll examine the characters in the story by figuring out their goals and the main conflict that creates a rising arc of action to keep the audience interested.
6 видео (всего 26 мин.), 3 материалов для самостоятельного изучения, 1 тест
6 видео
Welcome1мин
What makes a story compelling?3мин
How games benefit from stories4мин
How to see a game as a story first5мин
Defining the Spine3мин
Three-Act Structure and Rising Action6мин
3 материала для самостоятельного изучения
About this Course8мин
Getting Started8мин
Story Synopsis: Sleeping Beauty8мин
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2Week 2: Game Story Structure
In this week, we will draw a parallel between last week’s discussion on rising action and how that relates to gameplay. Looking at a pair of contemporary games, we'll learn how to identify story structure and themes of rising action, just like we would with traditional stories and movies. Lastly, we’ll evaluate the role that primary and secondary characters come to play in the unveiling of a game’s story and discuss the importance of understanding how these games present their stories in the actual gameplay.
4 видео (всего 21 мин.), 12 материалов для самостоятельного изучения, 1 тест
4 видео
Defining Characters and Character Goals7мин
Using Secondary Characters3мин
Writing a Character Brief4мин
12 материала для самостоятельного изучения
Story Synopsis: StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty8мин
Story Synopsis Points8мин
Story Synopsis: Angry Birds8мин
About Character Briefs8мин
Character Brief: Jim Raynor8мин
Character Brief: Emperor Mengsk5мин
Character Brief: Tychus Findlay5мин
About Setting Descriptions8мин
Setting Description: Angry Birds8мин
Setting Description: Mar Sara8мин
Setting Description: The Hyperion8мин
Setting Description: Char5мин
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3Week 3: Story Workshop
This week, we explore ideation techniques and learn how to consolidate our ideas into more formalized stories specifically for pushing them towards a game design. We will take a look at the importance of, and ways to refine, characters and settings as we develop an initial concept in story form first, and then next week, into a game.
4 видео (всего 25 мин.), 8 материалов для самостоятельного изучения, 1 тест
4 видео
Personal Writing Advice5мин
Refining the Spine5мин
Connecting Ideas and Characters6мин
8 материала для самостоятельного изучения
About Idea Sheets8мин
Idea Sheet: Dead-Eye Jane8мин
Idea Sheet: Settings for The Shooter8мин
Review: Story Synopses8мин
Story Synopsis: The Shooter10мин
Review: Character Briefs5мин
Character Brief: Jake8мин
Character Brief: Dead-Eye Jane8мин
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4Week 4: From Story to Game
For this last week of class, we will begin by seeing what a game design document is, and evaluate a few different templates you can use. Then, we will take the story we built in last week’s course, The Shooter, and define it as a playable game outlined in a game design document.
5 видео (всего 25 мин.), 6 материалов для самостоятельного изучения, 1 тест
5 видео
Diving Deeper into the Design Document4мин
Turning The Shooter's Story into a Game5мин
The Shooter's Rising Gameplay8мин
Course Wrap Up1мин
6 материала для самостоятельного изучения
About Story Presentation Schemes8мин
Presentation Scheme: Part One - StarCraft II Gameplay Overview8мин
Presentation Scheme: Part Two - StarCraft II Missions10мин
What is a Gameplay Flowchart?8мин
Gameplay Flowchart: StarCraft II5мин
Course Credits5мин
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автор: DA•Nov 7th 2017
This is so helpful. It covers all the essentials of developing a good story, applicable in any form of media, then it focuses on converting the story to a game by adding interactive gameplay elements.
автор: CS•Dec 31st 2015
This is my favorite course ever. Dariush teaches in such an engaging way and it shows you how to have a creative yet objective and analyzed mindset for creating a story and narrative for a Video Game.
Преподаватель
Dariush Derakhshani
Faculty, Character AnimationSchool of Film/Video
О California Institute of the Arts
CalArts has earned an international reputation as the leading college of the visual and performing arts in the United States. Offering rigorous undergraduate and graduate degree programs through six schools—Art, Critical Studies, Dance, Film/Video, Music, and Theater—CalArts has championed creative excellence, critical reflection, and the development of new forms and expressions.
О специализации ''Game Design: Art and Concepts'
Stemming from the principles of storytelling and design established in CalArts’ renowned Animation programs, this Specialization lays a primary foundation for experimentation and exploration of video game design, story, character development, and winning gameplay before programming begins. These four courses emphasize the self-reliance and personal expression of the gaming artist, and encourage you to take conceptual risks and develop new modes of expression and form through gaming. In the final Capstone Project, you’ll put your creative skills to work by generating an engaging game design document for a personal game project, outlining the conceptual, narrative and aesthetic elements of your game.
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