This document discusses narrative and storytelling in traditional media and games. It covers concepts like Aristotle's Poetics, the elements of narrative like plot, character, and time. It also discusses roles in narrative like author, narrator, and player. The document then provides examples of non-linear and interactive narratives in modern literature and film that experiment with concepts like hopscotch reading and allowing viewer/player choice.

1. GDCV1845/GDSS1845 – Videogames and arts
Class 06
Game and narrative

2. Class 06
Schedule
Narrative and storytelling
Narrative in traditional media
Interactive storytelling
Game

3. Aristotle

4. Poetics

5. Narrative
Narrative
Story
Text/discourse
Narration

6. Story

7. Text

8. Narration

9. Time
Time and narrative
Story time
Narrative time
Real time
Order, duration, frequency

10. Example

11. Elements
Narrative elements
Events
Plot
Causality

12. Development
Narrative development
Exposition/establishment
Complication
Climax
Conflict
Resolution

13. Narrative time

14. Premise
Exposition of a story
Time
Place
Characters
Relationships
Prevailing status quo

15. Premise
Problem
The event that upsets the status quo and
creates the conflict.

16. Interest
Interesting point
Suspense
Surprise

17. Reason
Willing suspension of disbelief
Samuel Taylor Coleridge

18. Cliff hanger

19. Roles
Roles in narrative
Author
Narrator
Character
Reader

20. Players in game
Player/character types
Competitor
Explorer
Collector
Achiever
Joker
Artist
Director
Storyteller
Performer
Craftsman

21. Roles
Character
Protagonist
Antagonist

22. Character
Agency
The practical function of a character to serve
as a representation of the player in the game.

23. Character
Empathy
The potential for players to develop an
emotional attachment to the characters, to
identify with their goals, and the game
objectives.

24. Avatar

25. Free will

26. Modern literature
Rayuela (Hopscotch)
1963 Julio Cortázar

27. Hopscotch
Non-linear reading
Hypertext fiction

28. Hopscotch

29. Hopscotch

30. Andy Warhol – Chelsea Girls, 1966

31. Radúz Činčera – Kinoautomat, 1967

32. Radúz Činčera – Kinoautomat, 1967

33. I’m your man – Bob Bejan, 1992

34. I’m your man – Bob Bejan, 1992

35. Sonata – Grahame Weibren, 1993

36. The Bid – The Party, 1996

37. The Bid – The Party, 1996

38. Mike Figgis – Time Code, 2000

39. Game vs. film

40. Cause and Effect – Chris Hales

41. Uncompressed, substanz.com, 2000

42. Uncompressed - Substanz, 2000

43. The Tulse Luper Suitcase – Peter Greenaway, 2003

44. The Tulse Luper Suitcase – Peter Greenaway, 2003

45. Soft Cinema – Lev Manovich, 2003

46. Soft Cinema – Lev Manovich, 2003

47. Stitch Encounter – Disney