Video Game Storytelling: What Every Developer Needs to Know about Narrative Techniques
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.53 (613 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0385345828 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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The book is aimed primarily at game developers, but it’s fascinating stuff for anyone interested in games as a storytelling medium. -- Game Vortex If you’re the kind of gamer who likes to peek behind the curtain of video game development – and you don’t mind picking up a book once in a while – I recommend the new Video Game Storytelling by industry veteran Evan Skolnick. Taken from the Latin verb ludere ‘to play’ it is used and expanded on to introduce even the more erudite terminology of, “ludonarrative harmony/dissonance.” Simply put, it describes how story can make or break the player’s gaming experience. It is worth buying the book just to read how Skolnick defines this with concrete examples from past and existing games. -- Gameindustry . -- News & Observer Skolnick broke down the basic struc
With Video Game Storytelling, game writer and producer Evan Skolnick provides a comprehensive yet easy-to-follow guide to storytelling basics and how they can be applied at every stage of the development process—by all members of the team. From team leadership to game design and beyond, Skolnick reveals how each member of the development team can do his or her part to help produce gripping, truly memorable narratives that will enhance gameplay and bring today’s savvy gamers back time and time again.. UNLOCK YOUR GAME'S NARRATIVE POTENTIAL!With increasingly sophisticated video games being consumed by an enthusiastic and expanding audience, the pressure is on game developers like never before to deliver exciting stories and engaging characters. This clear, concise reference pairs relevant examples from top games and other media with a breakdown of the key roles in game development, showing how a team’s shared understandin
He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife and two sons. . An international speaker and educator, he has conducted workshops on storytelling techniques for well over a thousand game development professionals. With over twenty-five years of story and game development experience at world-class entertainment companies such as Marvel, Activision, and Lucasfilm, EVAN SKOLNICK brings a unique perspective to narrative experiences in games. Skolnick’s work includes projects s
Excellent, But with a Problem or Two David Sheppard I have given Evan Skolnick’s “Video Game Storytelling” four stars, because while he definitely has something to say about video game development, he has some serious conceptual deficiencies concerning the structure of storytelling in novels, movies and plays. It’s actually a pretty darn good book, even cool in part. LordYabo said If you make games and care about story, this is the book to read.. I was fascinated by Evan's writing workshop at GDC. So after taking it I decided to read the book.I'm glad I did.As an indie game developer I wear many hats, and one Evan has helped me to see more clearly is that I'm Chief Narrative Officer.This book achieves it's stated goal: to provide a quick firm foundation of storytelling principles . David A. Markley said Narrative rules for video (and voice) gaming. This book gives a great perspective of video game development from the narrative perspective and encourages a level of teamwork that any project would hope for. But in this case, it is quite specific about the relationship between the roles and why going back to the narrative is so important.I was looking for books that discussed the narr