When Video Games Tell Stories: A Model of Video Game Narrative Architectures

In the present study a model is proposed offering a comprehensive categorization of video game narrative structures intended as the methods and techniques used by game designers and allowed by the medium to deliver the story content throughout the gameplay in collaboration with the players. A case i...

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Published in:	Caracteres: Estudios Culturales y Críticos de la Esfera Digital
Main Author:	Marcello Arnaldo Picucci
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Editorial Delirio 2014-11-01
Subjects:	story in videogames media narrative Artificial Intelligence interactivity
Online Access:	http://revistacaracteres.net/revista/vol3n2noviembre2014/model-video-game-narrative-architectures/

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