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About the Course

In this course, you will examine how storytelling acts as a vital mechanism for driving video gameplay forward. Looking at several historical and contemporary games, you will be asked to evaluate and interpret different story styles with the goal of identifying themes and procedures for your own game ideas. We'll examine traditional narrative story processes, such as three-act structure, and how they fit into game story flows and the strategic elements of gameplay. Ultimately, you will learn how to define character, setting, and structure to create a compelling game concept....

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RB

Feb 23, 2016

I am glad that I have chosen to sign up to this course. It has open up my vision to a whole new world. Thanks so very much. The professor is engaging and the course content is fascinating.

VP

Jul 11, 2020

The course is really good and really educational and i would recommend people about it. Though the thing that i didn't like was that i wanted some more examples for different types of games.

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By Philipp N

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Nov 15, 2024

The course gives a surface level overview on how to develop stories and narratives for video games, overall it is well paced. However, all exercises in the course are peer-reviewed and riddled with trolls and AI submissions. Grading tool several days, and most peer feedback was worthless (random text, single characters/words). I had to resubmit some submissions as trolls had me fail them for no reason. Due to the bad user experience, I cannot endorse this course.

By Rahaf A

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Dec 17, 2025

Whyyy there isss noooo certificate !!!!! Now I will lose marks in my MASTER just because of that!!!!!