References
Many of the topics in this course are based on the book Game Writing: Narrative Skills for Videogames by Chris Bateman.
Video Games
The video games that the course uses as major references (thus have major spoilers for) are:
- Disco Elysium (ZA/UM, 2019)
- Baldur's Gate 3 (Larian Studios, 2023)
- Max Payne 3 (Rockstar Games, 2012)
The less referenced video games (thus could have minor spoilers) are:
- Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader (Owlcat Games, 2023)
- Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II (Ninja Theory, 2024)
- Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers (Sierra Entertainment, 1993)
- Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned (Sierra Entertainment, 1999)
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (CD Projekt, 2015)
- Tyranny (Obsidian Entertainment, 2016)
- Type:Rider (Agat Films & Cie – Ex Nihilo, 2013)
- Botany Manor (Balloon Studios, 2024)
- Return to Castle Wolfenstein (Gray Matter Studios, 2001)
- Middle-earth: Shadow of War (Monolith Productions, 2017)
- Terraria (Re-Logic, 2011)
- Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines (Troika Games, 2004)
- Vampire: The Masquerade – Swansong (Big Bad Wolf Studio, 2022)
- The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes (Supermassive Games, 2021)
- Fallout 2 (Black Isle Studios, 1998)
- Twinsen's Little Big Adventure 2 (Adeline Software International, 1997)
- Doom (id Software, 1993)
- A Plague Tale: Innocence (Asobo Studio, 2019)
- Botany Manor (Balloon Studios, 2024)
The even less referenced video games (likely no spoilers) are:
- Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous (Owlcat Games, 2021)
- Hatred (Destructive Creations, 2015)
- Succubus (Madmind Studio, 2021)
- Grand Theft Auto V (Rockstar Games, 2013)
- Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo, 1985)
- Escape from Monkey Island (LucasArts, 2000)
- Tomb Raider (Crystal Dynamics, 2013)
- Gone Home (Fullbright, 2013)
There can be more references from other games in the course materials.
You have been warned.