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Wiring Narrative into Play: a Practical Primer,
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Game Design, Lecture

Hal Barwood
Designer/Writer,
Even as developers continue to debate the utility of storytelling in games, narrative proliferates. Stories and storytelling are everywhere. Few titles are unaffected. And few titles take full advantage of the many possibilities narrative offers.
The purpose of this discussion is to illuminate what narrative elements bring to single-player game design, how to maximize their value, and how to integrate them successfully into play structures.
Examples are always the best explanations, so much of the discussion will focus closely on a number of successful published titles, celebrating triumphs and offering some alternative ideas to obvious and not-so-obvious shortcomings.

Learn why narrative is vital, learn to use story elements to inform game structure, learn how to prevent dissipating narrative vitality, learn how to construct flexible narrative that accomodates play, and learn how to control narrative efficiency.

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