Inducing Reality: The Holy Grail of Storytelling in Video Games

By Ken Ramsley

Inducing Reality: The Holy Grail of Storytelling in Video Games was originally published on ttlg.com and other gaming websites. This revised edition (released April, 2020) includes 'new and improved' material, yet is essentially what I originally released. As it turns out, the skill of a senior game designer includes a vast array, and just like learning Maya, C++, motion-capture, and sound editing - learning how to design a story is an acquired skill often lost in the crunch to ship on time.I do not say this as a criticism.By nature we are all storytelling consumers, yet this does not tell us much about how to write a story. A consumer of stories is much like someone who excels at navigating a busy city, whereas a writer of fiction is like a civil engineer who knows how to design and construct subway systems, bridges, roads, and sidewalks. Even though people can recognize a great story when they see one, the rules for building a story are far from obvious, and few of us are skilled at designing a fictional story.Clearly, if you are building a crossword puzzle app for iOS, you won't need to know much about storytelling. Yet if you are developing any sort of project based on human or human-like characters, I cover more than enough for most writers starting out.As you will discover in the text, the hardwired rules of storytelling are universal and this handbook offers an equally useful introduction to stories in movies, stage plays, novels, and, of course - video games.If the topic of storytelling in games (or anywhere else) is important to you, and if you are looking for a tightly-written soup-to-nuts handbook rather than a rambling tome, you have come to the right place!

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1973107244
• ISBN13: 9781973107248
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 138 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 0.3" x 5.1"