–By Narrative Thread Despite receiving praise for its story and lore, particularly in contrast to the previous entry in the series, Diablo 4’s narrative design — and, by extension, its campaign — is the blandest ingredient in this demon-slaying cocktail It starts with a cutscene — a wanderer, assaulted by…
When people talk about gaming, they usually talk about it as if it’s one monolithic thing. It’s not. It’s actually three monolithic things. There are three distinct pillars that makeup what we offhandedly call game writing: Plot, character, and lore Not all games need to focus on all of these…
By Derek Liu at GDC 2019 Intro: Derek has been working on trailer editing for over 15 years, he works with agencies on trailers for AAA games as well as numerous indie games. The game genre includes both gamy games and story-driven games which are lighter on game mechanics. Agenda…
Marvel Comics, is one of the biggest two American media and entertainment companies that was widely regarded as the most known publisher and a subsidiary of the Disney Company. Its headquarters are in New York City. The precursor to Marvel Comics was founded in 1939 by a pulp magazine publisher…
Ask almost any new writer to tell you about their story idea…. And something profound will happen The story is immediately transfigured, the majestic, beautiful, articulate thing in their head is… now a rambling, thirteen-page dissertation on every character, their backstories, and the entire history of the made-up world. It’s…
