The start of an adventure...
Week One
Slides & Notes
Week One slides available here.
Case Studies
Uncharted 2 || Naughty Dog
Website
Killing Time at Lightspeed || Gritfish
Steam, Antholojam
Freedom Fall || Stirfire Studios
Steam, Website
Star Hammer: The Vanguard Prophecy || Black Lab Games Steam, Website
Other Games Discussed
Perth Global Game Jam 2017 Games
Resources
Do You Want To Write Video Games - David Gaider
Slay The Dragon: Writing Great Video Games - Robert Denton Bryant & Keith Giglio
The first of many secrets.
Week Two
Interactive Narrative
Slides & Notes
Case Studies
The Walking Dead: Season One || Telltale Games
Steam, Website
Kentucky Route Zero || Cardboard Computer
Steam, Website
Other Games Discussed
Resources
Designing for Mystery - Jake Elliot (Cardboard Computer) GDC 2013 Talk
Non-linear Storytelling - Ian Schrieber, Game Design Concepts
Fiasco - Tabletop, Geek & Sundry on Youtube
Twine Resources
A Total Beginner's Guide to Twin - Adam Hammond (courtesy of Kim!)
We define ourselves by our actions.
Week Three
Characters
Slides
Case Studies
Firewatch || Campo Santo
Steam, Website
Journey || thatgamecompany
Website
Other Games Discussed
Resources
philome.la - Twine hosting service
Week Three Twine Example - Variables, Macros & Hooks (Import this file into Twine to see the example macros.)
The right tool for the job.
Week Four
Tools & Processes
Slides
Case Studies
Gone Home || Fullbright
Steam, Website
Everybody's Gone To The Rapture || The Chinese Room
Steam, Website
80 Days || Inkle
Steam, App Store, Website
Other Games Discussed
Resources
Double Fine Adventure - Youtube Documentary
Grand City - Anthony's digital comic project!
Unity - 3D Game Engine
Playmaker - Visual Scripting Asset for Unity
RPG Maker - RPG Game Engine
Inform - Interactive Fiction Engine
These wild vistas had hidden their camps for centuries.
Week Five
Worldbuilding
Slides
Case Studies
Transistor || Supergiant Games
Steam, Website
Overwatch || Blizzard Entertainment
Website
Other Games Discussed
Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Resources
Breaking Conventions with Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Hidemaro Fujibayashi, Satoru Takizawa & Takuhiro Dohta (Nintendo), GDC Vault, 2017
Sanderson's First Law of Magic - Brandon Sanderson
There was a whole world waiting...
Week Six
Endings & Next Steps
Slides
Case Studies
Mass Effect 3 || Bioware
Origin, Website
Firewatch ||Campo Santa
Steam, Website
Other Games Discussed
Resources
Death to the Three Act Structure! - Richard Rouse III & Tom Abernathy, GDC Vault, 2014
The End of Firewatch - Duncan Fyfe, Campo Santo Quarterly, 2016