Narrative Design Master Class- Write stories for Video Games

Narrative Design Master Class: Write stories for Video Games, available at $79.99, has an average rating of 4.28, with 99 lectures, based on 705 reviews, and has 5645 subscribers.

You will learn about Understand fundamental narrative design principles Learn World Building, everything from climate to cataclysmic events Creating in depth charcaters working from the inside – out Comprehensive look at writing captavating dialogue in games Learn how to break into the Game Industry as a Narrative Designer A video game perspective of how to create a story depending on its structure This course is ideal for individuals who are Writers or Game Designers or Narrative Designers or Indie Game Developers or Game Developers It is particularly useful for Writers or Game Designers or Narrative Designers or Indie Game Developers or Game Developers.

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Summary

Title: Narrative Design Master Class: Write stories for Video Games

Price: $79.99

Average Rating: 4.28

Number of Lectures: 99

Number of Published Lectures: 96

Number of Curriculum Items: 107

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 104

Original Price: $199.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

Understand fundamental narrative design principles

Learn World Building, everything from climate to cataclysmic events

Creating in depth charcaters working from the inside – out

Comprehensive look at writing captavating dialogue in games

Learn how to break into the Game Industry as a Narrative Designer

A video game perspective of how to create a story depending on its structure

Who Should Attend

Writers

Game Designers

Narrative Designers

Indie Game Developers

Game Developers

Target Audiences

Writers

Game Designers

Narrative Designers

Indie Game Developers

Game Developers

Why this course is special

This course is like no other on the market. We’re going to be looking at some very interesting concepts when it comes to Narrative Design.

My Guarantee

For every student that joins the course, they will be able to ask questions about their games and how to go about using their story to help develop their game. I will be available to answer any and all questions for all of my students.

The Course Structure

The course is almost all videos. It will take between 6.5 hours to complete. After you finish this course, you will have a more robust understanding of how to write for your games.

The course is structured into 8 main Sections.

Section 2: Introduction to Narrative Design

In this section, We will be taking a solid look at what is narrative design. Understanding all the fundamentals that go into writing and grasp a deep comprehension of plot theory. We will also look at game genres, player archetypes, mechanics, clarity in writing, and much more.

Section 3: Concept / Pitch

Here, we look at how to generate and cultivate ideas from their initial inception to writing out a full-blown pitch document. This section allows you to create your concept that will be pushed throughout the entire course.

Section 4: World Building

This is my favorite section because here, we will look at the intricacies of building a full-scale world from nothing. We will talk about climate, mood, setting, who inhabits it, is it fantasy, is it science fiction and much more

Section 5: Character

In this section, we flesh out our main protagonist and give them a sense of purpose in the out newly created world. This will allow us to see which of the 4 main types of character we want to create/. We when looking at Character Psychology and the 16 personality types, along with really looking at diversity in video games and how to make it more efficient

Section 6: Story

This section is dedicated to player agency, giving the player a sense of purpose throughout the entire game and respecting their choices. We take a critical look at Linear, Non-Linear and open-world games and their perspective on player agency.

Section 7: Dialogue

Here we will look at dialogue and the importance it represents in-game. How to write dialogue, the 3 main types, and incorporating cutscenes into the game.

Section 8: Bringing it all together

This section brings all previous sections together to understand the fundamentals of narrative design

Section 9: Bonus: Breaking into the industry as a Narrative Designer

In this Bonus Section, we take a look at what tools are at a Narrative Designer’s disposal to break into the industry and start their careers right after finishing this course

Certification of completion when finishing this course 

When you complete 100% of the videos in this course, you will be emailed a certificate of completion by Udemy so you can show it as proof of your expertise and that you have completed a certain number of hours of instruction in the course topic.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Join the Community!

Lecture 3: Assignment Breakdown

Chapter 2: Introduction to Narrative Design

Lecture 1: Section Overview

Lecture 2: What is Narrative Design

Lecture 3: Game Types

Lecture 4: Roles in Game Production

Lecture 5: Player Types

Lecture 6: Mechanics

Lecture 7: Clarity

Lecture 8: Duties of a Narrative Designer

Lecture 9: Plot theory part 1

Lecture 10: Plot theory part 2

Lecture 11: Plot theory part 3

Lecture 12: The whole process

Chapter 3: Concept / Pitch

Lecture 1: Section Overview

Lecture 2: Idea

Lecture 3: Themes

Lecture 4: Concept Creation

Lecture 5: Description

Lecture 6: Comparison

Lecture 7: Pitch Advice

Lecture 8: Pitch Examples

Chapter 4: World Building

Lecture 1: Section Overview

Lecture 2: What is Fantasy

Lecture 3: What is Science Fiction

Lecture 4: World Types

Lecture 5: The Phsyical Planet

Lecture 6: Mood & Setting

Lecture 7: World Design Document Reference

Lecture 8: World Changing Events

Lecture 9: Recent History

Lecture 10: The Map

Lecture 11: Races Part 1

Lecture 12: Races Part 2

Lecture 13: Character Diversity

Lecture 14: Economics and Politics

Lecture 15: Language

Lecture 16: Characters

Chapter 5: Character Development

Lecture 1: Section Overview

Lecture 2: Character Types

Lecture 3: Cipher Character

Lecture 4: Fixed Character

Lecture 5: Custom Character

Lecture 6: Fixed Customization Character

Lecture 7: Character Psychology Part 1

Lecture 8: Character Psychology Part 2

Lecture 9: Character Psychology Part 3

Lecture 10: Character Psychology Part 4

Lecture 11: Character Traits

Lecture 12: Creating Diverse Characters

Lecture 13: Stereotypes

Lecture 14: Tropes

Lecture 15: Character DNA

Chapter 6: Game narrative breakdown

Lecture 1: Section Overview

Lecture 2: Player Agency

Lecture 3: 3 types

Lecture 4: What?

Lecture 5: Linear

Lecture 6: Agency in Linear

Lecture 7: Non – Linear

Lecture 8: Agency in non – Linear

Lecture 9: Openworld

Lecture 10: 2 stories

Lecture 11: Game Bible

Chapter 7: Dialogue

Lecture 1: Section Overview

Lecture 2: What is dialogue?

Lecture 3: Types of Dialogue

Lecture 4: Ambient Dialogue

Lecture 5: Interactive Dialogue

Lecture 6: Cutscenes

Lecture 7: Effective vs Non – Effective Dialogue

Lecture 8: Script Process

Lecture 9: Theme and Tone

Lecture 10: Writing Ambient Dialogue

Lecture 11: Writing Interactive Dialogue

Lecture 12: MMO Dialogue

Lecture 13: Mobile Dialogue

Lecture 14: Writing inside the Boxes

Chapter 8: Bringing it all Together

Lecture 1: Section Overview

Lecture 2: Narrative Types

Lecture 3: Quest Based

Lecture 4: Mission Based

Lecture 5: Story

Instructors

Emilio Padulo
Senior Tokenomics / Economy Designer

Rating Distribution

1 stars: 18 votes

2 stars: 21 votes

3 stars: 81 votes

4 stars: 246 votes

5 stars: 339 votes

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