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Write Your Way into Animation and Games
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Write Your Way into Animation and Games

by Christy Marx
November 2012
Beginner content levelBeginner
418 pages
12h 28m
English
Routledge
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CHAPTER 18 The Elements of Interactive Multimedia Narrative

 

Timothy Garrand

Portions of this chapter originally appeared in the Journal of Film and Video.

CHAPTER OVERVIEW

Major elements of interactive narrative that must be understood by the writer include:

  • The Role of the Player
  • Character Development
  • Structure
  • Exposition
  • Plot Points
  • Scenes
  • Pace and Time
  • Dialogue and Other Sound

LINEAR VERSUS INTERACTIVE NARRATIVE

Writer Matthew Costello, who has written successful films, novels, and computer games, points out a key difference between linear and interactive narrative. A film starts from characters. A novel can start with an idea and have characters gather around it. A game starts from the genre and expectations. The story world comes first. ...

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ISBN: 9780240813431