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Storytelling
Kevin Blake
The Story Telling Engine
Linear Stories
Linear Stories
Pros Require less content
than nonlinear ones Storytelling engine is
simpler Are less prone to bugs
and absurdities Cable of greater
emotional powerCons Deny the player agency
Nonlinear Stories
Nonlinear Stories
Branching Stories
Emergent Narrative
EndingsChallenges and Choices
Endings
When to use Multiple Endings
Granularity
Coarse Granularity Narrative blocks are infrequent StarCraftFine Granularity Narrative block are frequent Indiana Jones SeriesInfinitesimal Granularity Player is unaware of narrative events as
separate from the rest of the game Half-Life (comes close)
Mechanisms for Advancing the Plot
Mechanisms for Advancing the Plot
As a Series of Challenges or Choices
Mechanisms for Advancing the PlotAs a Drama
Emotional Limits of Interactive Stories
Emotional Limits of Nonlinear Stories
Emotional Limits of Avatar-Based Games
