Video Games Development As Interactive Fiction

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Video Games Development As Interactive Fiction

• A PowerPoint Presentation
• By
• Chuck
• Brandon
• Josh
• (oh snap!)

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Medium Defines Content and How it is Presented

• Printing Press
• Radio
• Television
• Internet

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Brief Overview of Elements of Storytelling

• Set and Setting
• Character Development
• Intriguing Plot
• A definite Beginning, Climax, Resolution, and
  Conclusion
• Appropriateness for Audience
• An effective Narrative Style

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Brief Overview of Interactive Storytelling Styles

• Game play Focused Initiative
• Text-Based Adventure
• Role Playing Game
• 1st Person Shooter
• Full Immersion

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Early Games and Story (Or a Lack Thereof)

• Game play Focused Initiative
• Asteroids
• Centipede
• Space Invaders

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The Birth of Interactive Storytelling

• Text Adventure
• Zork
• RPG
• The Legend of Zelda
• The Legend of Zelda II The Adventure of Link
• Phantasy Star

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The Adolescence of Interactive Storytelling

• RPG
• Final Fantasy 3
• Fallout Baldurs Gate
• Action RPG
• System Shock Marathon
• First Person Shooter
• Half Life
• Full Immersion
• Grand Theft Auto

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Current State of Interactive Fiction

• Action RPG
• Elder Scrolls Oblivion
• Full Immersion
• Grand Theft Auto
• First Person Shooter
• Halo
• Half Life 2

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An Exercise in Modern Gameplay Focused Iniative

• The Game With a Gameplay Based Story
• Katamari Damacy

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Conclusions

• Many aspects of Storytelling are now present in
  current video games.
• Classic video game stories have even spawned a
  new type of game play oriented storytelling with
  the likes of Katamari Damacy.
• With newer technologies that mimic audio and
  visual representations of the real world, the
  audience can more easily suspend their disbelief
  about playing a video game, and can more easily
  immerse themselves in the digital story.

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Sources

• http//www.igda.org/writing/WhereDoesTheWriterFitI
  n.htm
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Laidlaw
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Man_Murray
• http//www.gamasutra.com/features/20061103/quantum
  _01.shtml
• http//www.sega-16.com/History20of-20Phantasy20
  Star.php
• http//archive.gamespy.com/halloffame/january01/es