Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION; PART ONE: STORIES; PART TWO: CHARACTERS; PART THREE: STORY STRUCTURE CASE STUDIES; PART FOUR: GAME DESIGN; PART FIVE: EXPERIENCE MANAGEMENT; PART SIX: BUILDING THE IMMERSIVE ENVIRONMENT; PART SEVEN: STORY DEVELOPMENT CASE STUDIES; PART EIGHT: THE FUTURE OF DISTANCE LEARNING; PART NINE: THE FUTURE OF STORY DRIVEN GAMES; CONCLUSION

About the Author

Terry Borst is a Writers Guild of America member with credits in feature films, episodic television, and videogames, including the award-winning WING COMMANDER III and WING COMMANDER IV, and Microsoft's space adventure game FREELANCER. He has also taught screenwriting and multimedia design at UCLA, USC, the College of Santa Fe, the Banff Centre for the Arts, Moorpark College and various conferences and workshops.

Reviews

"How to create a simulation where participants have a sense of freedom and personal control while still maintaining the structure necessary for an effective story is a difficult task indeed. This book examines how to create an engaging, effective story (necessary to teach participants), while relating practical considerations of building a simulation.” - Tech Trends, April 2007