Description
Narrative surrounds us. We see it in television, movies, newspapers, video games, web sites, and books. These art forms are evolving and merging in new, exciting ways. With its roots in film and theater, the art of interactive narrative is visual, it includes character perspective and it follows dramatic patterns. It diverges from these roots, however, because it allows readers to change the plot.This book examines the intersection of storytelling, visual art, and interactivity. It proposes working methods, theories, interviews, and examples for authors of this art form. This means that the roles of the authors and readers are merging. It not only changes the ways we read and write, it changes the way we see.
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Interactive narrative is the cornerstone for many forms of digital media: web sites, interface design, gaming environments, and even artificial intelligence. In Pause & Effect, Mark Stephen Meadows examines the intersection of storytelling, visual art, and interactivity. He takes the key principles from these areas and applies them to the design, architecture, and development of successful interactive narrative. This provocative book will appeal to designers with its edgy aesthetic and artistic sensibility. Striking graphic and typographic imagery complement unique design features that encourage interactivity through varying levels of information, different navigational possibilities, and even flip-book animations.
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