Interactive Storytelling: non-linear narratives in visual novels, games and film

Catalog description

This course will explore adaptive and nonlinear narratives in visual novels, interactive films, and dialogue systems. Students will develop interactive stories to focus on new techniques in narrative development in video games and film and will discuss the history of interactive media. Students will learn to integrate audience participation and decision-making into the media of their choice. The course will utilize flow-chart software in the creation of these narratives, and the game engine Unity to deploy them and utilize animation, film, and programming to develop collaborative projects. Unity is an industry-standard software in the development of video games and interactive media.