On Gamamoto: writing game stories
I wrote a blog post on Gamamoto on Writing your game script / storyboard in JavaScript.
More on game mechanics, rewards, and thinking users
I wrote a blog post on Game mechanics and thinking users a while ago that is still quite popular. This lecture by Chris Hecker on Achievements Considered Harmful? is interesting and touches related themes, pointing out some absurd consequences that gamification can bring. It also touches the point of “why make games?”. The problem with … Read more
Salman Rushdie on storytelling and games
In a recently recorded video the well known novelist Salman Rushdie talks briefly about How are video games influencing linear forms of storytelling? . He recently published Luka and the Fire of Life: A Novel (which I haven’t read but will soon) where one of the themes are videogames are as alternate reality – this … Read more
