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Videogame and Transmedia Writing
Submitted by escs on 5 November 2021
Scientific area

EAM

Audiovisual and Multimedia

Hours
2
ECTS
5
Responsible teacher
Teachers who teach
Objectives

Identify new ways of telling stories;

Understand the unique traits of transmedia and videogames in particular;

Explore the potential and difficulties of interactive writing;

Recognize different videogame formats and the narrative potential for each of them;

Acknowledge the writers role in the collaborative process that is game designing;

Create productive texts to the different requirements in a videogame: NPC lines and cutscene scripts, location and character descriptions, building a choice tree;

Apply strategies to create effective emotional connections;

Transform linear stories into interactive stories and ARG;

Analyze the growing relevance of storytelling in light of new transmediatic platforms;

Create stories to complement series, TV and film.