Writing for Interactive Narratives

Overview

This unit cultivates a reflective comprehension of the relationship between narrative, culture and media (particularly games), and provides students with the understanding and tools for developing interactive narratives of their own.

Unit learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

1. Reflect on the relationship between games, culture and narrative
2. Demonstrate knowledge in the practice of interactive narrative design and development
3. Formulate arguments concerning the relationship between narrative and interactivity
4. Integrate and apply knowledge from specific fields and disciplines such as narratology, ludology and psychoanalytics

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Assessment

Content

• The history of narrative
• Narratological and ludological structures and frameworks
• Psychoanalytic theory
• Aesthetics of interaction