Mindmap: Game Design as Narrative Architecture

Examples

Evocative

Batman: Arkham City is a game that really makes you feel like you are in a Batman movie or in Batman’s world.

Enacting

Super Mario Bros there are a lot of micronarratives that players encounter between levels.

Embedded

Call of Duty Modern Warfare Story Mode has embedded stories. As you play the story mode, you start to unveil more and more of the story.

Emergent

Poptropica allows players to freely walk around a world and complete whatever task you want.