Interactive Storytelling: Techniques for 21st Century Fiction

by Andrew Glassner

Overview

We are on the verge of creating an exciting new kind of interactive story form that will involve audiences as active participants. This book provides a solid foundation in the fundamentals of classical story structure and classical game structure and explains why it has been surprisingly difficult to bring these two activities together. With this foundation in place, the book presents several ideas for ways to move forward in this appealing quest. The author has a conversational and friendly style, making reading a pleasure.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138427983
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/02/2017
Pages:	528
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Andrew Glassner

Table of Contents

Part I: Introduction; 1: People, Stories, and Games; Part II: Story Structure; 2: Character; 3: Plot; 4: Story Technique; Part III: Game Structure; 5: Game Experience; 6: Rules and Scoring; 7: Gameplay; Part IV: Merging Stories and Games; 8: Structures; 9: Branching and Hypertext Narratives; 10: Common Pitfalls; 11: First Steps; Part V: Story Environments; 12: Story Environments; 13: Designing for Participation; 14: Experiments

What People are Saying About This

Christopher Stapleton

Andrew Glassner's pioneering insight into media art, craft and science provides a critical view into one of the most challenging quest of 21st century digital media---a well told Interactive Story.
—Director, Media Convergence Laboratory

From the Publisher

"First, this is a book that everybody who wants to make compelling games should read..." -Slashdot.org, October 2004

Editorial Reviews

"First, this is a book that everybody who wants to make compelling games should read..." -Slashdot.org, October 2004

From the Publisher

A fascinating user's guide to the future of gaming and entertainment.
—Deputy Editor, Time Magazine Europe

James Geary

Glassner provides an incredibly insightful look at modern media and entertainment today. This book is a huge resource to anybody in the field of interactive entertainment because it addresses some of the fundamental structural issues in movies and games that are often not covered in existing game design literature.
—Microsoft

Steven Drucker

I think anyone with a serious interest in telling stories via video games or interactive fiction should read Interactive Storytelling. It's well written and does a good job of teaching concepts that most people making currently making video games could use a lot of help with. Furthermore, Glassner's vision of the future of storytelling is fascinating, even if it doesn't play out that way.

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