ENG 328 - Writing for Video Games

Prerequisites, ENG 204 and English or screenwriting or creative writing major or creative and cultural industries or English or game development programming minor. This course will focus intensively on the possibilities of narrative in an interactive, choice-based environment. It will study how narrative theory (narratology) can be remediated by game studies (ludology) in order to create interactive narratives that bridge the best of both worlds. Students engaged in theory and practice, working collaboratively to design and compose narrative games. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits