Game Playing and Design

You've analyzed a game for your assignment for this week, and we're playing board and table top games in class so we can analyze them for system dynamics. This is the beginning of the unit that will culminate with the game you make for Project 2, so at each point, be thinking about what choices you want to make in the game you design and create.

Your mission for Thursday: with your group, test out GameSalad and Stencyl. Discover and discuss the merits and limitations of both. Individually, decide which program you want to use, or if your search is not yet over and you want to explore other options, like Unity 3D, try using JourneyMaker, Flash (if you already know it), or . . . . If you are not going to use GameSalad or Stencyl, send me an email about what you are planning.

For next week, using the process described in ch. 6 as a basis, brainstorm your basic idea for your game. Be able to articulate your X.

The Campanile Movie

This is getting a little ahead of ourselves, but I wanted to post this video while I had the link handy.

Hero's Journey, The Monomyth, and Structuralist Approaches to Narrative

Digital Narrative: Myth & Story

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The stages of the monomyth illustrated with moments from movies like Star Wars and The Matrix

The Mythology of Star Wars--George Lucas interviewed by Bill Moyers



This is the first of six one-hour interviews with Joseph Campbell by Bill Moyers.

Welcome to LHUM P433: Digital Narrative Theory & Practice

This is the course blog for both sections of Digital Narrative for Spring 2012. We also have our shiny new LMS to play with, as part of the pilot group, so we'll see what this tool is good for. I am imagining some communication between the two sections and also using it as our public representation on the web, if we want that.