{"id":2986,"date":"2026-01-10T17:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T17:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ms22g23\/?page_id=2986"},"modified":"2026-01-12T03:49:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T03:49:39","slug":"narrative-research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ms22g23\/narrative-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Narrative Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Narrative Research<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>The first research I have done in terms of narrative was from a more technical side. I wanted to find out more about how I should approach writing a good story so that it would be more likely to spark an interest within the player.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ms22g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2026\/01\/Narrative-Research.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Narrative Research.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-661b3f6a-12ea-4b27-915a-fcdc343985dd\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ms22g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2026\/01\/Narrative-Research.pdf\">Narrative Research<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ms22g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2026\/01\/Narrative-Research.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-661b3f6a-12ea-4b27-915a-fcdc343985dd\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:39px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The knowledge from the research was applied when writing the backstory for the game which can be accessed here: <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ms22g23\/narrative-backstory\/\">https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ms22g23\/narrative-backstory\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Research on Birds<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I have also conducted a research on birds and their symbolism. I already had an idea of including a bird as one of the choices for the animal mechanic in the game, and I wanted to add meaning behind why a certain bird species was present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ms22g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2026\/01\/Bird-Research.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Bird Research.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-68be3fe3-1876-46e9-8564-1e1f8c302549\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ms22g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2026\/01\/Bird-Research.pdf\">Bird Research<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ms22g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2026\/01\/Bird-Research.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-68be3fe3-1876-46e9-8564-1e1f8c302549\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:39px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>From the research, I decided that <strong>raven <\/strong>would be the most suitable choice for the narrative due to its symbolism of <strong>rebirth<\/strong>, <strong>transformation <\/strong>and <strong>guidance towards truth<\/strong>. These aspects align with the core concept of the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-right is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-765c4724 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ms22g23\/art-research\/\">Art Research \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Narrative Research The first research I have done in terms of narrative was from a more technical side. I wanted to find out more about how I should approach writing a good story so that it would be more likely to spark an interest within the player. The knowledge from the research was applied when &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ms22g23\/narrative-research\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Narrative Research&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2986","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ms22g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ms22g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ms22g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ms22g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ms22g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2986"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ms22g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3337,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ms22g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2986\/revisions\/3337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/ms22g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}