Short, sharp advice on getting story into your indie game. An approachable, practical field guide for one of the trickiest and most rewarding aspects of game development, Narrative Design for Indies is packed with straightforward, actionable advice. Worth your time! - Chris Bourassa, Creative Director of Darkest Dungeon. This book s real strength lies in the fact that it s aimed directly at the indie developer with specific examples to bolster that. - Steve Ince, Creator of Captain Morgane and So Blonde.
You want to create a video game? Great!
You want to tell a story? Fantastic!
You want to create a video game that tells a story? What? Are you insane?!
I?m joking, kind of. You don?t have to be insane to tell a good story through your Indie video game, but you do have to be out of your mind. What I mean is, you have to empty your brain of a whole bunch of stuff that Hollywood and Triple-As have told you about games and stories, and fill it up with stuff that?s actually going to work on your teeny tiny budget.
Three Act structure? That?s like trying to shove a giant triangle through a tiny circle.
Hero?s Journey? Yup, that?ll take you nowhere, fast.
Authorial Authority. Now you?re just winding me up!