Master Thesis: Environmental Narration
Using Environmental Storytelling to Deliver a Complex Narrative
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Thesis Subject Matter
Environmental Narration is a term created for this thesis to describe the method of mainly using environmental storytelling techniques to deliver a complex game narrative to players.
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Research and Concept
The thesis started with documenting research on environmental storytelling and creating the basic layout of the test level.
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Development Process
Creating the level first in an unaltered state increased the effectiveness of creating the various murder scenes later during development.
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Thesis Results
Playtests were conducted on the level to gather data on how well players discovered the narrative just by examining the environmental clues.
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Evidence Reference
This Evidence Reference section is a quick guide to the location of each evidence object in C. H. Baxter Laboratory. The letters on the evidence location map corresponds with the letters on the screenshot reference slideshow: