IndustryBroadcast » Writing/Story Development http://www.industrybroadcast.com Bringing the Collective Insight of the Gaming Industry to your ears Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:21:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 2010 ryan@industrybroadcast.com (RyanW) ryan@industrybroadcast.com (RyanW) Video Game Industry 1440 http://industrybroadcast.com/images/ib_logo144x144.jpg IndustryBroadcast » Writing/Story Development http://www.industrybroadcast.com 144 144 http://feeds.feedburner.com/Industrybroadcast Industrybroadcast.com - Bringing the Collective Insight of the Gaming Industry to your Ears Bringing the Collective Insight of the Gaming Industry to your ears Video Game, Video Game Industry, Game developer, Game designer, video game producer, video game manager, game education, video game studio RyanW RyanW ryan@industrybroadcast.com no no Audio Article #142: Shadowcaster Pt.2 http://www.industrybroadcast.com/2009/08/31/audio-article-142-shadowcaster-pt-2/ http://www.industrybroadcast.com/2009/08/31/audio-article-142-shadowcaster-pt-2/#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:00:57 +0000 admin http://www.industrybroadcast.com/?p=526 We are able to complete the final half of Joris Dorman‘s Shadowcaster article with another bucketload of insight today tackling the issues of bridging the gaps between naratology and ludology to create a truly new narrative experience in games.  While originally planned for a 3 part article it proved too interested to put a break in this one so it was all recorded in one fell swoop.  If you missed the First half just Click Here to grab it before diving into this second half.

Title: “Shadowcaster Pt2“ – Original Article

Written by: Joris Dormans(www.jorisdormans.nl)

Read aloud by: Ryan Wiancko on Sept 1st, 2009

]]> http://www.industrybroadcast.com/2009/08/31/audio-article-142-shadowcaster-pt-2/feed/ 0 00:01:01 We are able to complete the final half of Joris Dorman's Shadowcaster article with another bucketload of insight today tackling the issues of bridging the ... We are able to complete the final half of Joris Dorman's Shadowcaster article with another bucketload of insight today tackling the issues of bridging the gaps between naratology and ludology to create a truly new narrative experience in games.  While originally planned for a 3 part article it proved too interested to put a break in this one so it was all recorded in one fell swoop.  If you missed the First half just Click Here to grab it before diving into this second half. Title: "Shadowcaster Pt2" - Original Article Written by: Joris Dormans(www.jorisdormans.nl) Read aloud by: Ryan Wiancko on Sept 1st, 2009 Game Design, Writing/Story Development RyanW no no Audio Article #139: Storytelling http://www.industrybroadcast.com/2009/08/21/audio-article-139-storytelling/ http://www.industrybroadcast.com/2009/08/21/audio-article-139-storytelling/#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:13:50 +0000 admin http://www.industrybroadcast.com/?p=517 We are proud to present you with another condensed exerp from Chapter 9 of David Perry‘s new Book:  David Perry on Game Design: A Brainstorming ToolBox.  Today we go through various elements of Storytelling that can make the difference between a truly compelling gaming experience and one that is flatter than week old soda.

Title: “Story Telling” – Original Article

Book: David Perry on Game Design: A Brainstorming ToolBox

Written by: David Perry (www.dperry.com)

Read aloud by: Ryan Wiancko on Aug 21st, 2009

]]> http://www.industrybroadcast.com/2009/08/21/audio-article-139-storytelling/feed/ 0 00:01:01 We are proud to present you with another condensed exerp from Chapter 9 of David Perry's new Book:  David Perry on Game Design: A Brainstorming ... We are proud to present you with another condensed exerp from Chapter 9 of David Perry's new Book:  David Perry on Game Design: A Brainstorming ToolBox.  Today we go through various elements of Storytelling that can make the difference between a truly compelling gaming experience and one that is flatter than week old soda. Title: "Story Telling" - Original Article Book: David Perry on Game Design: A Brainstorming ToolBox Written by: David Perry (www.dperry.com) Read aloud by: Ryan Wiancko on Aug 21st, 2009 Writing/Story Development RyanW no no Audio Article #131: Shadowcaster Pt1 http://www.industrybroadcast.com/2009/07/09/audio-article-131-shadowcaster-pt1/ http://www.industrybroadcast.com/2009/07/09/audio-article-131-shadowcaster-pt1/#comments Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:34:34 +0000 admin http://www.industrybroadcast.com/?p=489 Joris Dorman graces us with another bucketload of insight today in what will be a 3 part series detailing the game experiment ‘Shadowcaster’ where Joris attempts to bridge the gap between narrative and ludic simulations to create the blueprint for a new type of Narrative Game.

Title: “Shadowcaster Pt1“ – Original Article

Written by: Joris Dormans(www.jorisdormans.nl)

Read aloud by: Ryan Wiancko on July 9th, 2009

]]> http://www.industrybroadcast.com/2009/07/09/audio-article-131-shadowcaster-pt1/feed/ 0 00:01:01 Joris Dorman graces us with another bucketload of insight today in what will be a 3 part series detailing the game experiment 'Shadowcaster' where Joris ... Joris Dorman graces us with another bucketload of insight today in what will be a 3 part series detailing the game experiment 'Shadowcaster' where Joris attempts to bridge the gap between narrative and ludic simulations to create the blueprint for a new type of Narrative Game. Title: "Shadowcaster Pt1" - Original Article Written by: Joris Dormans(www.jorisdormans.nl) Read aloud by: Ryan Wiancko on July 9th, 2009 Game Design, Writing/Story Development RyanW no no Audio Article #121: Reactive Design http://www.industrybroadcast.com/2009/06/06/audio-article-121-reactive-design/ http://www.industrybroadcast.com/2009/06/06/audio-article-121-reactive-design/#comments Sat, 06 Jun 2009 12:34:22 +0000 admin http://www.industrybroadcast.com/?p=452 IB is happy to deliver the first of what will be many articles by Josh Sutphin.  Today he talks about what he called Reactive Design and the challenges, as well as potential of taking the game off the rails and designing an engaging experience that allows the player to take ownership of their game.

Title: “Reactive Design“ – Original Article

Written by: Josh Sutphin(thirdhelix.wordpress.com)

Read aloud by: Ryan Wiancko on June 6th, 2009

]]> http://www.industrybroadcast.com/2009/06/06/audio-article-121-reactive-design/feed/ 1 00:01:01 IB is happy to deliver the first of what will be many articles by Josh Sutphin.  Today he talks about what he called Reactive Design ... IB is happy to deliver the first of what will be many articles by Josh Sutphin.  Today he talks about what he called Reactive Design and the challenges, as well as potential of taking the game off the rails and designing an engaging experience that allows the player to take ownership of their game. Title: "Reactive Design" - Original Article Written by: Josh Sutphin(thirdhelix.wordpress.com) Read aloud by: Ryan Wiancko on June 6th, 2009 Game Design, Writing/Story Development RyanW no no Audio Article #113: You’ve Got Narrative in My System http://www.industrybroadcast.com/2009/05/20/audio-article-113-youve-got-narrative-in-my-system/ http://www.industrybroadcast.com/2009/05/20/audio-article-113-youve-got-narrative-in-my-system/#comments Thu, 21 May 2009 08:21:44 +0000 admin http://www.industrybroadcast.com/?p=393 Borut Pfeifer delivers another wonderfully thought provoking article where he discusses how to engineer systems that better encourage players to create their own unique narrative experience from gameplay

Title: “You’ve got Narrative in My System“ – Original Article

Written by: Borut Pfeifer(www.plushapocalypse.com)

Read aloud by: Ryan Wiancko on May 12th, 2009

]]> http://www.industrybroadcast.com/2009/05/20/audio-article-113-youve-got-narrative-in-my-system/feed/ 0 00:01:01 Borut Pfeifer delivers another wonderfully thought provoking article where he discusses how to engineer systems that better encourage players to create their own unique narrative ... Borut Pfeifer delivers another wonderfully thought provoking article where he discusses how to engineer systems that better encourage players to create their own unique narrative experience from gameplay Title: "You've got Narrative in My System" - Original Article Written by: Borut Pfeifer(www.plushapocalypse.com) Read aloud by: Ryan Wiancko on May 12th, 2009 Game Design, Writing/Story Development RyanW no no Audio Article #91: The immersion Model of Meaning http://www.industrybroadcast.com/2009/03/31/audio-article-91-the-immersion-model-of-meaning/ http://www.industrybroadcast.com/2009/03/31/audio-article-91-the-immersion-model-of-meaning/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 07:40:35 +0000 admin http://www.industrybroadcast.com/?p=328 2K Marin’s Steve Gaynor is back with another incredibly insightful piece on game design.  With great wisdom Steve dives into the very foundation of how we design games and where the true strength of our medium.  Summing up brilliantly the growing opinion that games will fail if they try to emulate film as they need to embrace The immersion model of meaning, giving the player complete authorial control and changing them in a much more impactfull way than could ever happen living out someone else’s story.

Title: “The Immersion Model of Meaning“ – Original Article

Written by: Steve Gaynor(Fullbright.blogspot.com)

Read aloud by: Ryan Wiancko on March 31st, 2009

]]> http://www.industrybroadcast.com/2009/03/31/audio-article-91-the-immersion-model-of-meaning/feed/ 0 00:01:01 2K Marin's Steve Gaynor is back with another incredibly insightful piece on game design.  With great wisdom Steve dives into the very foundation of how ... 2K Marin's Steve Gaynor is back with another incredibly insightful piece on game design.  With great wisdom Steve dives into the very foundation of how we design games and where the true strength of our medium.  Summing up brilliantly the growing opinion that games will fail if they try to emulate film as they need to embrace The immersion model of meaning, giving the player complete authorial control and changing them in a much more impactfull way than could ever happen living out someone else's story. Title: "The Immersion Model of Meaning" - Original Article Written by: Steve Gaynor(Fullbright.blogspot.com) Read aloud by: Ryan Wiancko on March 31st, 2009 Game Design, Writing/Story Development RyanW no no Audio Article #74: Does gameplay have politics? http://www.industrybroadcast.com/2009/02/17/does-gameplay-have-politics/ http://www.industrybroadcast.com/2009/02/17/does-gameplay-have-politics/#comments Wed, 18 Feb 2009 08:55:52 +0000 admin http://www.industrybroadcast.com/?p=282 Jonas Smith brings us another amazingly insightful and intelligent article today on the question of whether certain game design design aesthetics carry with them particular political ideologies.  To find the answer to this question we must delve deep within many of the underlying theories

Title: “Does gameplay have politics?‘ – Original Article

Written by: Jonas Smith (www.jonassmith.dk)

Read aloud by: Ryan Wiancko on February 18th, 2009

]]> http://www.industrybroadcast.com/2009/02/17/does-gameplay-have-politics/feed/ 0 00:01:01 Jonas Smith brings us another amazingly insightful and intelligent article today on the question of whether certain game design design aesthetics carry with them particular ... Jonas Smith brings us another amazingly insightful and intelligent article today on the question of whether certain game design design aesthetics carry with them particular political ideologies.  To find the answer to this question we must delve deep within many of the underlying theories Title: "Does gameplay have politics?' - Original Article Written by: Jonas Smith (www.jonassmith.dk) Read aloud by: Ryan Wiancko on February 18th, 2009 Game Design, Writing/Story Development RyanW no no Audio Article #72: Emergent Player Character Arcs http://www.industrybroadcast.com/2009/02/11/audio-article-72-emergent-player-character-arcs/ http://www.industrybroadcast.com/2009/02/11/audio-article-72-emergent-player-character-arcs/#comments Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:34:55 +0000 admin http://www.industrybroadcast.com/?p=276 We are proud to present the second article from Borut Pfeifer today.  As always Borut skips right over the lighter stuff and tackles another in depth issue of increasing the psychology meaning that games can have on their players through Emergent Player Arcs when we explore avenues for the players actions to have real meaning in the game environment, and not simply along pre-scripted stories

Title: “Emergent Player Character Arcs“ – Original Article

Written by: Borut Pfeifer(www.plushapocalypse.com)

Read aloud by: Ryan Wiancko on February 11th, 2009

]]> http://www.industrybroadcast.com/2009/02/11/audio-article-72-emergent-player-character-arcs/feed/ 0 00:01:01 We are proud to present the second article from Borut Pfeifer today.  As always Borut skips right over the lighter stuff and tackles another in ... We are proud to present the second article from Borut Pfeifer today.  As always Borut skips right over the lighter stuff and tackles another in depth issue of increasing the psychology meaning that games can have on their players through Emergent Player Arcs when we explore avenues for the players actions to have real meaning in the game environment, and not simply along pre-scripted stories Title: "Emergent Player Character Arcs" - Original Article Written by: Borut Pfeifer(www.plushapocalypse.com) Read aloud by: Ryan Wiancko on February 11th, 2009 Game Design, Writing/Story Development RyanW no no Audio Article #68: Dragon in the Attic – On the Limits of Interactive Fiction http://www.industrybroadcast.com/2009/02/02/audio-article-68-dragon-in-the-attic-on-the-limits-of-interactive-fiction/ http://www.industrybroadcast.com/2009/02/02/audio-article-68-dragon-in-the-attic-on-the-limits-of-interactive-fiction/#comments Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:41:06 +0000 admin http://www.industrybroadcast.com/?p=266 Jonas brings us another great article dealing with Interactive Fiction.  Today we look at why it, and it’s tenancies that carry on today in modern game design and story telling are so limited and what we can do to overcome these limitations.

Title: ‘Dragon in the Attic‘ – Original Article

Written by: Jonas Smith (www.jonassmith.dk)

Read aloud by: Ryan Wiancko on February 1st 2009

]]> http://www.industrybroadcast.com/2009/02/02/audio-article-68-dragon-in-the-attic-on-the-limits-of-interactive-fiction/feed/ 0 00:01:01 Jonas brings us another great article dealing with Interactive Fiction.  Today we look at why it, and it's tenancies that carry on today in modern ... Jonas brings us another great article dealing with Interactive Fiction.  Today we look at why it, and it's tenancies that carry on today in modern game design and story telling are so limited and what we can do to overcome these limitations. Title: 'Dragon in the Attic' - Original Article Written by: Jonas Smith (www.jonassmith.dk) Read aloud by: Ryan Wiancko on February 1st 2009 Game Design, Writing/Story Development RyanW no no Audio Article #63: The Open and the Closed: Games of Emergence and Games of Progression http://www.industrybroadcast.com/2009/01/20/audio-article-63-the-open-and-the-closed-games-of-emergence-and-games-of-progression/ http://www.industrybroadcast.com/2009/01/20/audio-article-63-the-open-and-the-closed-games-of-emergence-and-games-of-progression/#comments Wed, 21 Jan 2009 06:17:18 +0000 admin http://www.industrybroadcast.com/?p=247 It is an honor to welcome the wisdom and insight of Jesper Juul to Industrybroadcast.com and a pleasure to be able to share it with you.  In his first piece with us we discuss the differences between Emergent and Progressive games and then uses this theoretical framework to deduce Everquest or any game like it.  For it is an obvious point that the rules of the game influence how the game will be played. What Jesper sets out to do in this article is to uncover how this happens.

Title: ‘The Open and the Closed: Games of Emergence and Games of Progression‘ – Original Article

Book: “Half-Real: Video Games between Real Rules and Fictional Worlds“

Written by: Jesper Juul (www.jesperjuul.net)

Read aloud by: Ryan Wiancko on January 20th, 2009

]]> http://www.industrybroadcast.com/2009/01/20/audio-article-63-the-open-and-the-closed-games-of-emergence-and-games-of-progression/feed/ 0 00:01:01 It is an honor to welcome the wisdom and insight of Jesper Juul to Industrybroadcast.com and a pleasure to be able to share it with ... It is an honor to welcome the wisdom and insight of Jesper Juul to Industrybroadcast.com and a pleasure to be able to share it with you.  In his first piece with us we discuss the differences between Emergent and Progressive games and then uses this theoretical framework to deduce Everquest or any game like it.  For it is an obvious point that the rules of the game influence how the game will be played. What Jesper sets out to do in this article is to uncover how this happens. Title: 'The Open and the Closed: Games of Emergence and Games of Progression' - Original Article Book: "Half-Real: Video Games between Real Rules and Fictional Worlds" Written by: Jesper Juul (www.jesperjuul.net) Read aloud by: Ryan Wiancko on January 20th, 2009 Game Design, Writing/Story Development RyanW no no