The Nature of Order in Game Narrative
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In this talk, Jesse Schell tries to show how the fifteen properties of living structures defined by Christopher Alexander apply to game narrative.
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The Nature of Order in Game Narrative
- 1. The Nature of Order in Game Narrative Jesse Schell GDC 2018 Game Narrative Summit
- 4. Tesla Dickinson Melville Van Gogh Dick
- 5. Alexander
- 7. Each one of us has, somewhere in his heart, the dream to make a living world, a universe.
- 9. EgolessExact Eternal Alive Whole Comfortable Free
- 10. Alive
- 13. Whole
- 14. Comfortable
- 15. Free
- 16. Exact
- 17. Egoless
- 18. Eternal
- 19. EgolessExact Eternal Alive Whole Comfortable Free
- 40. Dot: Little Ghost: Medium Board: Big
- 41. Alas, Poor Yoshi! I knew him, Luigi, a dino of infinite jest. Medium Small Big (Dialog) (Characters)
- 48. Mechanic: Realistic Manipulation Transformation: Teaches Real Lab Skills Fantasy: Lab Genius World Championship
- 60. Good Skills0 (Low) (High) ∞ Flow Channel ∞ (High) (Low) 0 Challenges Boredom Anxiety
- 61. Better Skills0 (Low) (High) ∞ Flow Channel ∞ (High) (Low) 0 Challenges Boredom Anxiety
- 92. C8H8O3
- 96. All lyrical work must, as a whole, be perfectly intelligible, but in some particulars a little unintelligible. –Goethe
- 114. Innate Complexity Emergent Complexity
- 115. The Dots in Pac-Man… • Establish the goal (eat all the dots) • Earn points • Create a pleasing sound of progress • Earn extra lives • Show progress toward clearing the board • Slow down Pac-Man, creating meaningful strategy
- 127. Images and stuff • https://img00.deviantart.net/8bc7/i/2015/076/8/d/god_s_creation_by_wannesvdv- d8m2e27.jpg • https://fineartamerica.com/featured/koi-pond-with-lily-pad-flower-and-bud-black-and- white-sally-rockefeller.html • 15 patterns sketches: Kubala Washatko Architects • Orbitals: By PoorLeno (talk) - the English language Wikipedia (log).Original text: I created this work entirely by myself. References:Forinash, Kyle. Hydrogen W Simulation. Indiana University Southeast. Retrieved on 2008-12-18.Tokita, Sumio; Sugiyama, Takao; Noguchi, Fumio; Fujii, Hidehiko; Kobayashi, Hidehiko (2006). "An Attempt to Construct an Isosurface Having Symmetry Elements". Journal of Computer Chemistry, Japan 5 (3): 159–164. DOI:10.2477/jccj.5.159., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5854697 • Many images are from the various books of Christopher Alexander, contact me for more information.