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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 30, 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 6, 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 Денис

Jan 21, 2017

This is a great course! Very strong teacher and useful material. It's cool that you used in course for cases blizzard game Starcraft 2. I like it.

By Philipp v S

Mar 30, 2017

The course was very interesting and helpful! I learned a lot and the presented techniques are very helpful in all kinds of different projects!

By Yashna I

Dec 6, 2022

I started the course because I needed to know how a game is designed and this course did a great job teaching all the components of the game.

By Reznikov F V

Dec 23, 2020

I recommend this course, it gives a very great idea, as well as the skills of writing a game design document, and writing history in general.

By Filip R

Mar 1, 2016

The mentor is really good, he is great at explaining what he means and gives you a few great methods for writing. The peers were also great.

By Dimitar V

Jan 24, 2016

I enjoyed the peer reviews and how the lecturer conveyed clearly how to express our thoughts to paper, or should i say screen. Great work !

By Rodrigo G d C

Jan 28, 2016

Very good method of passing the knoledge and valuable material and tecnics to start or develop your writing skills, great course, love it!

By Abhishek M

Nov 14, 2016

This course helped me a lot in polishing my plot for the game. It is must course. Enjoyed ever lessen and enjoyed doing the assignments.

By Paulina M D M

Dec 27, 2015

Very easy to follow and quite useful, not only for games but for designing user experiences because it focuses on how to engage people.

By Aron A

Sep 22, 2016

Awesome experience, and really useful, well-packed, and valuable insight into story and narrative development for video games. Thanks!

By Aliaksandr Z

Nov 1, 2021

I loved this course. Although I knew a lot, it was very helpful to repeat and do the exercises at the end of the modules. Thank you!

By Andres M

Oct 26, 2015

The course topic are well explain and easy to understand, the videos are well directed, and the creative exercises are pretty cool.

By Gab A

Mar 10, 2018

A great course full of ideas to be inspired and craft a well designed story. Very well taught as bonus and engaging, thanks !

By Jacobo O A

Oct 28, 2020

I found the course very educational and interesting, the lessons are clear, and the assignments helped me grow in many ways.

By Филипченко Н В

Dec 8, 2016

This 4 weeks were very educational. I got a chance to learn new and exciting stuff. Thank you very much for this experience

By Sarah L

Nov 16, 2015

Although its very writing-intensive, I learned a lot from it and feel much more able to develop a story for a game. Thanks!

By Areito E

Feb 26, 2017

Great exploration of narrative. Would be nice to see more examples and techniques for turning narrative into gameplay.

By Gihye P

May 24, 2017

This is a really nice lecture! If you select this course for learning how a story has to going, you would not regret.

By jhonatan g r t

Nov 21, 2016

crear narrativas es algo increíble, la historia detrás del concepto del juego ha sido algo verdaderamente fantástico.

By Mogeeb A R M

May 1, 2020

Combines between simple and beneficial in a very attractive way. The strongest part of it is the presenter himself.

By Mario S

Jul 23, 2020

This course is excellent. The assignments are complex and you can really feel the progress made through each week.

By David M

Oct 11, 2019

Good energy from the teacher, enjoyed his method of giving us real world examples of what to do and how to do it.

By Karin V

Jan 22, 2016

This course is really interesting and fun, also absolutely understandable and easy to follow. Thank you a lot!

By Felipe S L

Dec 4, 2015

The course has a nice introduction and depth to the story and narrative elements of a game (and other media).

By Gloria B

Mar 22, 2021

I really appreciate that course! It helped me a lot in my job! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us!