Pause & Effect: The Art of Interactive Narrative

Contents

Chapter 1.1 - Theory & Principle

The changing forms of narrative. Perspective as the basis of narrative.

Chapter 1.2 - Perspective

The evolution of dimensional perspective. The relationship between emotional and dimensional perspectives. Inside-the-skull and outside-the-skull interactions. The individual perspective as it shifted to social perspectives, then back to individual. Subjective and objective perspectives.

Chapter 1.3 - Narrative

The potential of narrative in emerging media types. Aristotelian definition of narrative. The Freytag triangle and the dramatic arc. How readers are becoming investigators. Computer applications seen as an interactive form of reading and writing. Use-case scenario considered as plot. Tropes and other ...