Story Spaces (in video games)

  • Spatial Stories

    • episodic

  • Enacted Stories

    • enable player to witness narrative events / cinematics / FMVs

  • Micro-narrative

    • memorable moments

  • Evocative Spaces

    • Based on stories we already know

  • Embedded narratives

    • hide/embed information/story in the game for player to discover/unravel

  • Emergent narratives

    • occurs in games where players set their own goals
changed March 28, 2008