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About the Course

In this course, you will examine how storytelling acts as a vital mechanism for driving video gameplay forward. Looking at several historical and contemporary games, you will be asked to evaluate and interpret different story styles with the goal of identifying themes and procedures for your own game ideas. We'll examine traditional narrative story processes, such as three-act structure, and how they fit into game story flows and the strategic elements of gameplay. Ultimately, you will learn how to define character, setting, and structure to create a compelling game concept....

Top reviews

CS

Dec 31, 2015

This is my favorite course ever. Dariush teaches in such an engaging way and it shows you how to have a creative yet objective and analyzed mindset for creating a story and narrative for a Video Game.

DA

Nov 7, 2017

This is so helpful. It covers all the essentials of developing a good story, applicable in any form of media, then it focuses on converting the story to a game by adding interactive gameplay elements.

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By Birgit

Mar 21, 2022

Interesting course with focus on story developement including character specification.

By Borja R N

Aug 28, 2019

The teacher has an extensive knowledge of the topic and makes the lectures entertaining

By José D

Jan 26, 2016

Very exciting course, it encourages creativity and helps bring structure to game ideas.

By Phillip L

Jun 20, 2023

while I didn't go the whole way do the assignments this is a very informative course.

By Mohan J

Nov 13, 2016

It's great, I want more example and analysis in today's different kinds of games,plz.

By Ken I

May 17, 2020

Much more than gaming...it also teaches construction of creating fiction in general.

By Jaime R

Dec 22, 2015

Extremely helpful to get an introductory idea on how to use narrative in video games

By Joon T N

Sep 9, 2020

One of the best courses I've followed, it's really useful for your game development

By Jorge M

Nov 15, 2022

Real insightful material on this course on how to build and strucure great stories

By Rodrigo A Z V

Apr 29, 2021

Me gusto mucho y aprendí sobre la manera en la que puedo materializar mi historia.

By Artūrs R

Aug 3, 2020

A very useful course led by experienced lector. I enjoyed it very much. Thank you!

By Daniel A A G

Sep 14, 2018

It really helped me understand the basics of what I was trying to do. Great course

By Yee I

Sep 27, 2016

Fun stretching writing skills, would be good if more game-like nuances were added.

By Amshumaan R

May 25, 2016

Loved the lecturer, he gave me so many good ideas. Learned a lot from this course.

By V.B.Srevarshan

Nov 7, 2018

This course will set you off on your journey to become a video game story writer.

By Nuno F A C

Jul 17, 2017

Very good course. All videos are good and examples are excelent written. 5 stars

By Chen X

Dec 20, 2022

I really enjoyed this course, which taught me how to write a rough game story.

By Sergey P

Nov 13, 2015

Great course. Help to improve your skills of creating goo story for the game.

By i s o c

Jun 5, 2017

Great course! Though I do recommend watching the videos at 1.25x speed... :)

By Mad T

Feb 6, 2017

Good experience to know about narrative for video games, very inspiring.

By Manar M N H

Jul 19, 2020

One of the best courses ever made , very unique professional and direct

By Isidro F E

Feb 20, 2023

Excellent course to developing writing, storytelling and game design.

By Moisés P

Sep 28, 2016

Great course. It has helped me a lot to develop the story of my game.

By Devon G

May 1, 2020

A well thought out approach to brainstorming and building narrative.

By Deleted A

Oct 5, 2019

Great course, I really learn the base to create a story for a game.