Melodramatic Structures
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The idea of alignment patterns is based on Smith’s structures of alignment. Smith differentiates detective narration and melodramatic narration as typical alignment structure. In detective narration, knowledge is restricted to a protagonist, while in melodramatic narration the viewer knows more than any single character. (Smith, 1995, pp. 152–153.) The one-sentence "definition" that should be in italics.
This pattern is a still a stub.
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History
An updated version of the pattern Melodramtic Structure that was first described in the PhD thesis Character-Driven Game Design - A Design Approach and Its Foundations in Character Engagement[1].
References
- ↑ Lankoski, P. (2010). Character-Driven Game Design - A Design Approach and Its Foundations in Character Engagement. PhD thesis at Aalto University. Publication Series of the School of Art and Design A 101.
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