Week 3 – Skill stamina and luck

Select one example to outline the key concepts of the interactive narrative genre?

One example would be an e-learning (Electronic educational learning) strategy. As the interactive narrative is popular in the gaming world, it can be used as a digital learning experience that uses storytelling to structure learning. The purpose of this is to place the learner in a digital environment, so that the learner can decide on the outcome of the story.   

Does the interactive narrative still have a role to play in video games today. Give exemplary examples?

An interactive story can always be told through a game because they have vast amounts of technological aspects in them, such as a game engine which shows interaction between two characters in a game. A story can be told through sound of one character talking to another and describing a journey. An example of this would be The Walking Dead, made by Telltale games which is a story driven game based on its narrative rather than gameplay and other aspects.

Another example would be The Last of Us, which is a shooter game which features a fair amount of zombie killing, but its main focus is the tender bond between both the protagonists of the game.