JE1 Task 1

Forms of Storytelling

There are lots of games in the games industry and many games take inspiration from other media from books to movies.

Text

Many video games stem from Text, text covers a large variety of media from Novels to Comic Books. An example of this is the video game Scott Pilgrim Vs The World. This video game is based on the Graphic story called Scott Pilgrim. The game takes influence from the graphic novel in great ammount, from the story to the settings to the enemies. Examples of this is that the currency of the game is Canadian money as the game takes place in Canada. The story of the game is largely the same with some leniencies as the game is more focused on the action, in the game you play as the main characters and you fight against the bosses in the same way as the novel.

The novel helped create the video game as the novel had set out nearly all the components needed to create the game like the story, characters, setting and more. This aids the video game development as the team does not have to develop any of these concepts more as they are already set in stone.

 Theatre

Games can also be influenced my theatre, an example of a game that is influenced by theatre is the game Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door. Where this game draws its theatre inspirations is in the Battle Systems. This games battles are set on a stage with the the characters on the stage being considered the actors. The battle stage looks like a performance stage as it has all the things you would expect, at the start of the game you have a basic stage with little to interact with, you would ave a basic wooden stage with the backdrops being related to the area that you are in. Also as the game goes on you gain more viewers and your stage advances. near the end of the game the stage is the best that you can get with random events happening like the backdrop falling down and doing damage or the fog machines going off and making the enemies invisible.

This makes the game better as it is fresh as it allows new things that were impossible to with a basic RPG battle system.

Film

There are also alot of video games based on Films, a good example of this is the video game is the game The Incredibles. The game has the basic layout for the game as it already has the story in place and the characters also. The game uses all of the powers that the characters have to their advantage to create level designs around their abilities. Levels designed around the players abilities allow for interesting and compelling gameplay to keep the player interested. Even though the game is inspired from a children's movie it is still a difficult game.

TV

Dragon Ball Z is a Animated TV Series based on the adventures and battles of the the main cast. There are many video games that take inspiration from the whole Dragon Ball series. The game that i will focus on is Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3, this is a fighting video game with goes through the story of Dragon Ball Z. Like the previous points (film, theatre and text) the story is already there as well as the characters, this allows the developers to focus more on the gameplay