Comments on: stories and games http://www.lightspeedchick.com/work/stories-and-games/ i was uncool before uncool was cool Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:57:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Justin http://www.lightspeedchick.com/work/stories-and-games/#comment-19945 Justin Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:25:00 +0000 http://www.lightspeedchick.com/work/stories-and-games/#comment-19945 John Carmack has an excellent quote related to this that goes something along the lines of: "Story in games is like story in porn. It's expected, but entirely unnecessary." This echoes my sentiments about the subject pretty much bang-on. IMO, far too much time is devoted on many development projects to what is by and far a secondary element to the overall gameplay experience. However, from personal experience, I highly recommend against quoting the above in job interviews ;) John Carmack has an excellent quote related to this that goes something along the lines of:

“Story in games is like story in porn. It’s expected, but entirely unnecessary.”

This echoes my sentiments about the subject pretty much bang-on. IMO, far too much time is devoted on many development projects to what is by and far a secondary element to the overall gameplay experience.

However, from personal experience, I highly recommend against quoting the above in job interviews ;)

]]> By: Marie-Jo http://www.lightspeedchick.com/work/stories-and-games/#comment-17540 Marie-Jo Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:31:17 +0000 http://www.lightspeedchick.com/work/stories-and-games/#comment-17540 Well, the point isn't really that it's cheating, but that if you take that exercise to its conclusion, what you get is a movie, not a game. So you're not succeeding in telling a story in a game. Well, the point isn’t really that it’s cheating, but that if you take that exercise to its conclusion, what you get is a movie, not a game.

So you’re not succeeding in telling a story in a game.

]]> By: Simon Law http://www.lightspeedchick.com/work/stories-and-games/#comment-17536 Simon Law Tue, 25 Nov 2008 06:16:14 +0000 http://www.lightspeedchick.com/work/stories-and-games/#comment-17536 What about independent games like Photopia? Surely, there are some types of games that are better at telling stories than others. And is it really cheating if there is no challenge, other than to see what comes next? What about independent games like Photopia? Surely, there are some types of games that are better at telling stories than others.

And is it really cheating if there is no challenge, other than to see what comes next?

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