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Interactive Storytelling for Video Games: A Player-Centered Approach to Creating Memorable Characters and Stories

Interactive Storytelling for Video Games: A Player-Centered Approach to Creating Memorable Characters and Stories

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As technology advances, the push for highly interactive player-driven stories in video games has intensified. This book offers proven techniques and case studies from real-world games to help writers develop compelling structure, characters, player preferences and more.

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Product ID:	9780240817170
Product Form:	Paperback / softback
Country of Manufacture:	GB
Title:	Interactive Storytelling for Video Games
Subtitle:	A Player-Centered Approach to Creating Memorable Characters and Stories
Authors:	Author: Chris Klug, Josiah Lebowitz
Page Count:	332
Subjects:	Photography: subject-specific techniques and principles, None
Description:	Select Guide Rating As technology advances, the push for highly interactive player-driven stories in video games has intensified. This book offers proven techniques and case studies from real-world games to help writers develop compelling structure, characters, player preferences and more. What really makes a video game story interactive? What''s the best way to create an interactive story? How much control should players be given? Do they really want that control in the first place? Do they even know what they want-or are their stated desires at odds with the unconscious preferences? All of these questions and more are examined in this definitive book on interactive storytelling for video games. You''ll get detailed descriptions of all major types of interactive stories, case studies of popular games (including Bioshock, Fallout 3, Final Fantasy XIII, Heavy Rain, and Metal Gear Solid), and how players interact with them, and an in-depth analysis of the results of a national survey on player storytelling preferences in games. You''ll get the expert advice you need to generate compelling and original game concepts and narratives.With Interactive Storytelling for Video Games, you''ll:
Imprint Name:	Focal Press
Publisher Name:	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Country of Publication:	GB
Publishing Date:	2011-03-01

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Weight	598 g
Dimensions	234 × 190 × 20 mm