Difference between revisions of "Narration Structures"

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This pattern is a still a stub. Until then, Predetermined Story Structures provides many aspects relevant to Narration Structures in general.

NOTE: Many of the patterns linking to this should be re-linked to Predetermined Story Structures.

Examples

Records of game instances of Chess can be seen as Narration Structures but this may be even more apparent when the chess pieces are presented as characters. "Through the Looking-Glass"^[1] by Lewis Carroll is an example of this although some artistic freedom is taken in the alternation of players moving.

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Narration Structures is a Narration Pattern.

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History

An revised version of the pattern Narrative Structures that was part of the original collection in the book Patterns in Game Design^[2]. Large aspects of it has been refactored to be part of Predetermined Story Structures.

References

1. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named alice
2. ↑ Björk, S. & Holopainen, J. (2004) Patterns in Game Design. Charles River Media. ISBN1-58450-354-8.

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