2011-08-16 01:11:00
GDC Europe 2011 talk no.7
The best at least making MMO games more storylike by Ernest W. Adams
qualities of a wellformed story
story must be coherent
players consistancy is enforced by available
experience preservers credibility wiht in the world
players derives entertainment form
few or no random or repetitive events
the lord of the rins online played
it has a famous story
thinks the game works very well generally
but
respawn the problem will be always be there
NPC wants erverybody help - everybody runs through zhe same quest
the universe is in trouble but the touble will actually never happen
same person in different places because you are espected to walk the storyline and never come back but you do. Bad location
managment!
being in the boys scouts is not storylike.
The players actions do not contribute to the plot.
Personal groth is expressed in numbers.
expansions
usally include massive world changes.
occur suddenly overnight
changes are not the result of in-game player acctivities
examples for the good:
second-life
minecraft
a tale of the dessert 5
"a tale of the dessert" is more a social experiment than it is on
a story
recommendations
use more modern settings reduces the impact of bad role-playing
create a big world with a large story
it should also narurally generate many small stories
the player must be under pressure not the world but have powers
make changes permanent
dont use the heros journey story structure
the story must end or be a soap opera
give every player unique quests to do
use permanent death or no death at aall
death has to be meaningfull
the setting should justify the population size
his game idea
the blitz online
a visual presantation with many words
spirit of the blitz
everybody has to be hero somehow because he wants to survive
the basic idea is a virtual social community - network
tea is the only buff
...
after all a great awesome talk.
please donate to the hogventure card game
Help to make it real. Great rewards are waiting for you!
GDC Europe 2011 talk no.7
The best at least making MMO games more storylike by Ernest W. Adams
qualities of a wellformed story
story must be coherent
players consistancy is enforced by available
experience preservers credibility wiht in the world
players derives entertainment form
few or no random or repetitive events
the lord of the rins online played
it has a famous story
thinks the game works very well generally
but
respawn the problem will be always be there
NPC wants erverybody help - everybody runs through zhe same quest
the universe is in trouble but the touble will actually never happen
same person in different places because you are espected to walk the storyline and never come back but you do. Bad location
managment!
being in the boys scouts is not storylike.
The players actions do not contribute to the plot.
Personal groth is expressed in numbers.
expansions
usally include massive world changes.
occur suddenly overnight
changes are not the result of in-game player acctivities
examples for the good:
second-life
minecraft
a tale of the dessert 5
"a tale of the dessert" is more a social experiment than it is on
a story
recommendations
use more modern settings reduces the impact of bad role-playing
create a big world with a large story
it should also narurally generate many small stories
the player must be under pressure not the world but have powers
make changes permanent
dont use the heros journey story structure
the story must end or be a soap opera
give every player unique quests to do
use permanent death or no death at aall
death has to be meaningfull
the setting should justify the population size
his game idea
the blitz online
a visual presantation with many words
spirit of the blitz
everybody has to be hero somehow because he wants to survive
the basic idea is a virtual social community - network
tea is the only buff
...
after all a great awesome talk.
please donate to the hogventure card game
Help to make it real. Great rewards are waiting for you!
