Story vs. System

Ian Bogost

1:32

Percentage of Players Finishing a Game

David Cage

1:29

Agency vs. Story

Ernest Adams

2:16

Winning and Losing

Ernest Adams

2:38

Story Structure

Stig Asmussen

0:17

Fitting Story into MMOs

Jens Andersen

1:36

Eastern Storytelling

Chris Avellone

1:39

Approaches to Flow

Chris Avellone

1:37

People Love Patterns

Jenova Chen & Kellee Santiago

0:49

Forms of Success

Michael Condrey

1:16

Episodic Games

Dan Connors

1:00

I Supply the Plumbing

John Carmack

1:07

First Person vs. Third Person

John Carmack

2:16

No Character Depth

Dan Connors

1:40

Sports Games Tell Stories

Richard Hilleman

0:21

Importance of Vision

Vander Caballero

1:02

Using Design Tools to Convey Emotion

Vander Caballero

1:23

I'm Not Going to get Wet

Clint Hocking

1:44

Omniscience

Todd Howard

0:54

Cut Scenes as a Reward

Todd Howard

1:44

Edge of the World

Todd Howard

1:57

Commercial Success

David Jones

0:33

Open Mode Games

David Jones

0:41

Players as Celebrities

David Jones

0:55

Constraint drives Innovation

Raph Koster

1:59

Start with Player Experience

Ken Levine

1:14

Different Fantasies

Ken Levine

1:43

Fewer Cut Scenes in the Future

Ken Levine

1:34

Challenge of Storytelling

Rhianna Pratchett

1:30

Types of Characters

Rhianna Pratchett

2:52

Savvy Storytelling

Rhianna Pratchett

0:54

Stories Provide Momentum

Rhianna Pratchett

0:44

Working on a Sequel

Kiki Wolfkill

2:05

Successful Enough to Make Another Game

Ron Gilbert

0:13

When the Game Comes Before the Story

Jill Murray

1:10

Stories Organize Learning

Jill Murray

1:09

Developers Learning Culture

Dean Takahashi

0:37

The Game Industry Growing Up

Dean Takahashi

1:51

Game Design as Extended Set Design

Don Daglow

1:30

Story vs. Game Mechanic

Don Daglow

1:38

Story Fighting Gameplay

Patrick Plourde

1:05

Visually Directing the Player

Patrick Plourde

4:56

Don't Forget about Interactivity

Noah Falstein

0:58

Design Your Life like a Game Designer

Noah Falstein

2:48

The Driving Seat of a Different World View

Tadhg Kelly

1:32

Naturalism in Games

Tadhg Kelly

2:03

Story Emerging from Gameplay Experience

Anna Kipnis

1:59

Origin of Brutal Legend

Anna Kipnis

0:42

Success Related to Player Feedback

Kim McAuliffe

0:56

Fighting Game Character Personality Quiz

Patrick Miller

2:30

When Tech Support Becomes Emotional Support

Zoe Quinn

1:05

The Alt Game Space

Zoe Quinn

2:26

The Value of Re-Working a Game

Ken Wong

2:32

Husband Mode

Brianna Wu

1:49

Creating Theme Park Experiences

Bei Yang

1:10

Crafting Controlled Experiences

Bei Yang

2:03

Story vs. Interactivity

Hideo Kojima

0:53

Escapism

Frank Lantz

1:09

Global Leader Board

Gabriel Leydon

2:04

Being the Hero

David Littman

1:23

Game Breaking

Sid Meier

0:34

Reach Through the Glass

Peter Molyneux

1:59

We Create Variables

Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk

1:12

Player Generates Narrative

Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk

2:07

Stories are Coincidence

Frank O'Connor

1:34

No "Should"

Tim Schafer

0:46

Winning

Jesse Schell

2:00

Fidelity and Emotion

Glen Schofield

1:17

Setting is Priority

Harvey Smith

1:21

Choice and Consequence

Warren Spector

0:57

Story vs. Persistent Game

Joseph Staten

1:37

MUDs

Susan Wu

1:28

Mastery Through Understanding Failure

Laralyn McWilliams

1:40

Being Part of a Game World

Josef Fares

0:25

Creating Incentives

Steve Papoutsis

1:50

The End

Jordan Mechner

1:31

Personally-inspiring Game

Richard Garriott

2:05

Beautiful Worlds to Blow Up

Christofer Sundberg

0:38

Other Disciplines Affect Narractive

Leah Hoyer

2:49

Measuring Success

Leah Hoyer

2:49

A Heightened Version of Reality

Leah Hoyer

1:40

Real Sense of Place

Brian Allgeier

0:53

Driven by Emotion Over Technology

Brian Allgeier

0:28

The Success of Assassin's Creed

Patrice Désilets

2:03

Purpose Brings Success

Patrice Désilets

0:37

International Language of Fun

Patrice Désilets

0:58

Putting the Player in Charge of the Story

Marcin Iwinski

1:41

Games are Art for Us

Marcin Iwinski

2:26

Complexity of Open World

Marcin Iwinski

2:32

Adapting a "Holy" Book

Marcin Iwinski

2:30

Importance of Player Choice

Marcin Iwinski

1:50

Why Nostalgia is Successful

Ben Judd

1:45

Growing Competition in Indie Development

Graham Smith

1:38

Emotional Response Equals Success

Graham Smith

1:59

Volunteer to Struggle

Peter Brinson

2:06

Success

Celia Hodent

1:22