The Lenses of Game Design | Bárbara Framil on the Lenses of Emotion, Hero's Journey, Storytelling Machine, and Story

The Lenses of Game Design: Part 02

Welcome back, wanderer. It's time to peer through four more lenses from The Art of Game Design.

Our guide this time is narrative design virtuoso Bárbara Framil. With a distinguished career in the entertainment industry, Bárbara's expertise in immersive worldbuilding and player-centric storytelling has left an indelible mark on critically acclaimed projects such as Hunt: Showdown and the Crysis franchise.

We dive into:

• The Lens of Emotion. How keeping the desired emotions in mind helps create better games, and how to playtest for emotions.
• The Lens of The Story Machine. The importance of crafting systems that can lead to emergent stories and experiences.
• The Lens of The Hero's Journey. Bárbara shares her thoughts on this narrative structure, and brings a couple different ones to the table for comparison.
• The Lens of Story. Creating game experiences that resonate and impact the player - via story.
• Bárbara's holistic view of creating video games! Seriously, this topic comes up over and over again.

Grab a seat and join in!

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