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

Lebowitz, Josiah; Klug, Chris

 
9780240817170: Interactive Storytelling for Video Games: A Player-Centered Approach to Creating Memorable Characters and Stories
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0240817176 ISBN 13: 9780240817170
Publisher: Routledge, 2011

Synopsis

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:

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About the Author

Josiah Lebowitz

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0240817176
ISBN 13 
9780240817170
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
332

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