Scriptwriting and Storytelling for Games
Instructor: Lindsay Grace

 

The following books are recommended reading for the Scriptwriting for Games course. If you miss a class these texts are a good resource.

Weekly Schedule*

Suggested Reading:
Character Development and Storytelling for Games, 1-59200-353-2

Week 1: Chapter 1: Myths (pages 3-11),
Week 2: Chapter 2: Story (pages 28-32), Chapter 15: Genre (325-344)
Week 3: Chapter 3: The PC (37-44), Chapter 4: Character (70-85)
Week 4: Chapter 5: Character Traits (87-112), Chapter 6: Dialogue (119-126)
Week 5: Chapter 7: Story (155-167) , Chapter 9: Story Arch (210-218)
Week 6: Chapter 8: (183-188), Chapter 9: Obligatory Cut (203-209)
Week 7: Chapter 7: Non-Linear Story (167-173), Chapter 14 (295-322)
Week 8: Chapter 18 (402-408), Chapter 19 (413-421)
Week 9: App B (455-469), App. B Writing Teams (453-455)


Suggested Reading:
Creating Emotion in Games, 1-5927-3007-8

Week 1: Introduction: 3 - 31
Week 2: Introduction: 32-39
Week 3: Emotioneering: 45-159
Week 4: Emotioneering: 165-173
Week 5: Emotioneering: 199-231
Week 6: Emotioneering: 389-413
Week 7:
Week 8: Emotioneering: 243-255
Week 9: Emoitioneering: 359-388

 

 

Provided by Lindsay Grace for students of the Illinois Institute of Art, Chicago. These documents may be used by others when properly credited. Please email lgrace at aii edu for more information.