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.