The Game Narrative Toolbox

Chapter 6Implementation and Production

• Implementation

• Creation of a Narrative Space (on Player Attention Span)

• A Narrative Tool: Graphical Perspective

• Narrative Types

• Environmental Narrative

• Execution: From Production to Narrative

• Narrative Design and Team Dependencies

• Conclusion

This chapter will cover two major areas of game creation, which are equally important and interdependent: Implementation and Production. Previous chapters have introduced early pre-production processes (Chapter 2, “The Concept”), as well as the basic narrative tools needed to build a story (Chapter 3, “Worldbuilding,” Chapter 4, “Characters,” and ...