ENG 328 - Writing for Video Games

Prerequisites, ENG 204 and English major or Creative Writing major or English minor or Creative and Cultural Industries minor or Animation and Visual Effects major or Film and Media Studies major or Screenwriting major or Writing for Film and Television major or VR and AR minor or Game Development Programming minor or Game Development Themed inquiry. 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. Letter grade with Pass/No Pass option. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits