Interactive Stories and Video Game Art is first to define a common design language for understanding and orchestrating interactive masterpieces using techniques inherited from the rich history of art and craftsmanship that games build upon.

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Author
• Permissions
• Introduction
• Section I Primary Shapes and Dynamic Composition
• Preface
• 1 Character Shapes and Poses
• 2 Lines of Movement
• 3 Environment Shapes
• 4 Pathways
• 5 Dialogue
• 6 Framing
• 7 Audio
• 8 Player Gestures
• Section II The Dramatic Curve and Transitions
• Preface
• 9 Transitions in Games
• 10 Transitions with Cutscenes
• 11 Reiteration of Themes and Gameplay Objectives
• 12 Transition Hazards
• 13 Transitions without Cutscenes
• 14 Transitions in Open-World Games
• Conclusion
• Further Reference