Graphing games- The Power of the Narrative Arc

Channel:
United Kingdom Adam Millard - The Architect of Games
Subscribers:
437,000
Published on ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvYwfhGcW4g


The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Game:
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017)
Duration: 13:26
102,750 views
4,650

Follow me on Twitter- https://twitter.com/Thefearalcarrot
Support The Architect of Games on Patreon- https://www.patreon.com/ArchitectofGames

Believe it or not, the narrative arc is one of the most powerful behind-the-scenes forces in videogames.

In this video, The Architect explains what it is, how it works, and how not paying attention to it has scuppered some potentially great games.

You Saw:
Far Cry 3- 2012
Dragon Age Inquisition- 2014
Portal- 2007
New Super Mario bros Wii- 2009
Gunpoint- 2013
Heat Signature- 2017
Northgard- In Early Access
Warhammer total war- 2016
Warhammer total war 2- 2017
XCOM- 1994
Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild- 2017
Subsurface Circular- 2017
HITMAN- 2016
Dragon Age Origins- 2009
Nier Automata- 2017

Interesting Links:

Kurt Vonnegut on the Shapes of Stories: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP3c1h8v2ZQ

GMTK Mario's 4 part levels: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBmIkEvEBtA

Tom francis talks choice in gunpoint: http://www.pentadact.com/2011-11-20-gunpoint-is-delayed-level-design-is-hard-choice-is-weird/



Other Videos By Adam Millard - The Architect of Games


2018-05-24The Selloutening
2018-05-21Should Games Always Be Accessible?
2018-05-06How Great Games Beat The Grind
2018-04-11A Comprehensive Reading of Nier Automata [MASSIVE SPOILERS]
2018-03-15Does Into The Breach Really Have Perfect Information? Why RNG Matters.
2018-02-28What Happened to Dawn of War 3?- When Good Sequels Go Bad
2018-02-14How Subnautica Uses TERROR
2018-02-01The Anatomy of a Bossfight
2018-01-16Puzzles Vs Problems: A Two-Sided Genre
2017-12-3120(17) Games You Should Have Played
2017-12-15Graphing games- The Power of the Narrative Arc
2017-11-28Starcraft 2- The Greatest RTS Ever
2017-11-12The Life and Times of the Immersive Sim
2017-10-28Expressive Mechanics- Playing The Nintendo Way
2017-10-14The Hollow Hardcore- Mastering the Art of Flow
2017-09-30Let's Talk About Talking- Fixing Mass Effect 2
2017-09-10Difficulty By Design- X-COM 2's Endless Arms Race
2017-08-26What is a Sonic anyway? A Sonic The Hedgehog retrospective
2017-08-08How Pyre fuses mechanics and storytelling
2017-07-28Roguelikes and the Modular Genre
2017-07-18Refactionizing 4x: The Civilization Problem


Tags:
Video games
video essay
far cry 3
dragon age inquisition
gunpoint
mario
zelda
architect
architect of games
gaming
games
narrative arc
Adam Millard


Other Statistics

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Statistics For Adam Millard - The Architect of Games

Adam Millard - The Architect of Games currently has 3,442,946 views spread across 11 videos for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. The game makes up 3 hours of published video on his channel, roughly 8.67% of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild content that Adam Millard - The Architect of Games has uploaded to YouTube.