November 2012
Beginner
418 pages
12h 28m
English
Timothy Garrand
Portions of this chapter originally appeared in the Journal of Film and Video.
A narrative is what we commonly refer to as a story. An interactive, multimedia narrative allows the user to explore several variations of a story or stories. Interactive narratives are produced for game consoles, PCs, mobile devices, the Web and interactive TV. Interactive narratives share many elements with linear film and video narrative. Because of this, it is useful to understand the basic elements of linear narrative before exploring the intricacies of interactive narrative.
A narrative is what we commonly refer to as ...