Game Story Development Lesson 3. Aims and Objectives Demonstrate an understanding of game genres and it’s codes and convention Analyse existing games.

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Game Story Development Lesson 3

Aims and Objectives Demonstrate an understanding of game genres and it’s codes and convention Analyse existing games and evident your understanding of its genre Compare two games of the same genre

Assignment 1 You have been asked to explain the following areas (with illustrative examples): Forms of storytelling Game genres Approaches Representation Emotional themes Interactive story Writing strategies

Quick analysis of The Legend of Zelda Genre: Action adventure RPG Narrative: Will Wright’s Structuralism theory Representation: Female lead – weak, society is weak. Ganon – ginger. Emotional themes: Relationship between man and the bird/competitiveness (Skyward). Heroism, courage, hope. Relationship between Link and Zelda. Interactive story: Cut scenes, player control, dialogue. Fan fiction.

Elements of game story: Recap Genre Narrative Representation Emotional themes Interactive Story

”A means of constructing both the audience and the reading subject” (Fiske 1987, 114) “As a filmmaker you get typecast just as much as an actor does, so I'm trapped in a genre that I love, but I'm trapped in it!” (Romero) ‘The concept of genre offers the possibility of recognizing similarities even in the midst of great diversity.’ (Shepherd & Watters, 1998, pp 97)

What is genre? The word genre comes from the French (and originally Latin) word for 'kind' or 'class'. Genres were defined by Film Production Companies (Warner Bros. – Gangster films, MGM – Big budget, Ealing Studios – Comedy) Now they are widely used to describe a type It is a definition of a type according to the codes and conventions of that product

The ‘Shooter’ genre First-person shooter – Halo MMO FPS (massively multiplayer online first person shooter) – PlanetSide Light gun shooter – Duck Hunt Shoot ‘em up – Space Invaders Tactical shooter - Medal of Honour Third-person shooter – Gears of War No narrative during online games Campaign For fun Can be mixed with horror, adventure, warzone and RPG

Task 1 In groups of 3-4 research a given genre (25mins) Horror Simulation Adventure RPG Do these genres go into other genres? Sub genres Codes and conventions? Examples of games? Effect on narrative