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Daniel Homan (Lead Writer - Jedi Survivor, Respawn Entertainment)
Patrick Wren (Senior Encounter Designer, Respawn Entertainment)
Location: Room 2016, West Hall
Date: Tuesday, March 19
Time: 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass - Get your pass now!
Topic: Game Narrative
Format: Session
Vault Recording: Video
Audience Level: All
While a good story can pull you through a game like no other, game writers have a lot of other responsibilities that are crucial to player experience. Contextualizing new mechanics to make a player's actions more impactful. Introducing player fantasies to keep players invested until the game's end. And if your players make it through to the end, how do you honor their investment in the game's characters and world after the credits have rolled? Using the final hours of Star Wars Jedi - Survivor, lead writer Danny Homan and Senior Encounter Designer Patrick Wren examine the importance of contextualizing mechanics, introducing new player fantasies, and engaging players through end-game content.
This talk will focus on how to create a meaningful, engaging story by leveraging a multi-discipline approach to narrative. Storytelling is an opportunity and responsibility of everyone on a development team. Writers and narrative designers must work hand-in-hand with other disciplines to give the player unforgettable experiences.
Developers of all disciplines who share the goal of telling unforgettable stories and leveraging the strengths of their respective disciplines in order to elevate video games as an interactive media.
