{"id":274,"date":"2025-11-25T07:51:53","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T07:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/yw2c23\/?p=274"},"modified":"2026-01-10T15:03:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T15:03:37","slug":"week-5-narrative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/yw2c23\/2025\/11\/25\/week-5-narrative\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 5\u2014\u2014Narrative"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The game&#8217;s narrative is a very important part of my game this week, so I&#8217;m paying extra attention to explaining the narrative content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In my opinion, different narrative styles produce different game effects. For example, linear narratives can often explain a story very clearly, but they are not suitable for making the gameplay too complex, otherwise it may affect the rhythm of the player&#8217;s game experience.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/yw2c23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2025\/11\/\u622a\u5c4f2025-11-25-08.05.42.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-277 size-full\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">String of pearls narratives are better suited for adding different storylines during the gameplay experience to increase the variety of gameplay or guide players to discover hidden locations. This narrative approach doesn&#8217;t affect the main storyline, and players can choose not to participate, giving them a choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The final branching narrative is better suited for allowing players to make complete choices, with different choices leading to different endings. This can enhance player immersion, making them feel that they created the story themselves, that their choices shaped it. However, this requires significant preparation beforehand, as designers need to prepare a wide range of possible narrative content in advance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/yw2c23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2025\/11\/\u622a\u5c4f2025-11-25-08.33.29-1024x585.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-545 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/yw2c23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2025\/11\/\u622a\u5c4f2025-11-25-08.33.29-1024x585.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/yw2c23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2025\/11\/\u622a\u5c4f2025-11-25-08.33.29-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/yw2c23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2025\/11\/\u622a\u5c4f2025-11-25-08.33.29-768x439.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/yw2c23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2025\/11\/\u622a\u5c4f2025-11-25-08.33.29-1536x877.png 1536w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/yw2c23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2025\/11\/\u622a\u5c4f2025-11-25-08.33.29.png 1562w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The text then discusses key aspects of game narrative, such as the importance of choices and the different focuses in different narrative modes.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For instance, environment-driven narratives require players to become the focus, allowing them to piece together the story from the environment. I plan to use this approach in my game, and I will detail it in the Development section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">GDD Target<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Confirm the narrative style that aligns with the game&#8217;s theme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Complete the writing of the game&#8217;s general story content.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The game&#8217;s narrative is a very important part of my game this week, so I&#8217;m paying extra attention to explaining the narrative content. In my opinion, different narrative styles produce different game effects. 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