Melodramatic Structures
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Narration structures in games which allow players or spectators to know more than any individual diegetic person.
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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.[1]
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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[2].
References
- ↑ Smith, M. (1995). Engaging Characters: Fiction, Emotion, and the Cinema. Pages 152–153. New York: Oxford University Press.
- ↑ 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.
