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Narrative Design: Interactive Storytelling
Foundations and practical techniques for narrative design in video games.
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Evgeni Puzankov
~250 pages
eBook
Who is this for?
Developers who want to apply narrative design principles in their games.
Game designers who want to master interactive storytelling.
Students who want to deepen their understanding of pacing, suspense, and narrative structure.
Designed for game developers, designers, and students interested in interactive storytelling, this book introduces the fundamentals of narrative design for video games and shows how storytelling works within interactive systems. Rather than focusing only on theory, the book emphasizes practicing narrative design, helping readers understand how player choice, pacing, and structure shape the narrative experience.
You’ll begin by exploring the core foundations of narrative design, including choice spaces, exposition, and essential terminology used in interactive storytelling. As you progress, the book examines dynamic narrative metrics such as interactivity, exposition density, pacing, and suspense, providing a framework for understanding how narratives function in games. The book also introduces practical structures and interactive templates that can help developers design narrative systems more effectively, along with tools and techniques for editing, refining, and improving interactive content.
You’ll begin by exploring the core foundations of narrative design, including choice spaces, exposition, and essential terminology used in interactive storytelling. As you progress, the book examines dynamic narrative metrics such as interactivity, exposition density, pacing, and suspense, providing a framework for understanding how narratives function in games. The book also introduces practical structures and interactive templates that can help developers design narrative systems more effectively, along with tools and techniques for editing, refining, and improving interactive content.
Table of Contents.
1. Introduction.
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- Who is this book for?
- How to use the book.
- Lucy - the guinea pig.
2. Basics.
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- What is Narrative Design.
- Choice Spaces.
- Types of choice spaces and use cases.
3. Dynamic Metrics.
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- Introduction to dynamic metrics.
- Interactivity vs Linearity.
- Suspense and management of unknown.
4. Structures / Frameworks / Templates.
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- Not a substitute for creativity, just a helpful tool.
- Example: nuclear option beatsheet calculator.
- Macro vs micro (structure of a story; structure of a single scene).
5. Edit / Cut.
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- Editing for outliners.
- Editing for discovery writers.
- Polish vs cutting.
6. Player.
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- Player vs Player character vs Protagonists.
- Player values.
- Player resources.
7. Dialogues.
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- What’s a dialogue.
- Types of dialogue.
- Intro to character design.
8. Ending.
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- Ending vs Fail State.
- Non-linearity.
- Ending types.
About the author.
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