The document discusses the elements of storytelling in various media including radio, film, and video games, emphasizing the use of sound effects, music, dialogue, and visual cues. It highlights the impact of these elements on audience perception, using examples like the panic caused by a radio broadcast and the final scene from 'The Matrix.' Additionally, it encourages interactive learning through game creation in Gamestar Mechanic to express and modify ideas.

1. Narrative, Core Mechanics and
Meaning
An Introduction to Game Storytelling

2. The Age of Radio
Communication with:
• Sound Effects
• Music
• Dialogue
• Tone of Voice

3. October 30, 1938 - Broadcast send hundreds of thousands of
people into panic

4. Film
Communication with:
• Sound Effects
• Music
• Tone of Voice
• Dialogue
• Actors’ Gestures
• Actors’ Facial
Expressions
• Camera Angles
• Etc.

5. The Matrix: (Neo vs. Agent Smith Final Scene)

6. Video Games
Communication with:
• Sound Effects
• Music
• Tone of Voice
• Dialogue
• Characters’ Gestures
• Characters’ Facial
Expressions
• Camera Angles
• CORE MECHANICS

10. Now You Try
•Log in to Gamestar Mechanic
•Go to the Toolbox
•Either Make or Modify a game to express
an idea - Save the Game
•Then change the game
so it expresses
a different idea

11. If you need examples, take a look at:
• http://www.playing4keeps.org/page/multimedia-1
• Find the heading: Workshop 7
• Click on:
• Time = Money
• Glass Ceiling