Games
While visual games are the most familiar, text based adventures are popular modes of gameplay. Check out Zork, one of the earliest text based adventure games.
Video games are part of our literature. They are varied and mean many different things to many people. Below, watch game designer Jane McGonigal discuss how her relationship with games became a part of her healing process.
Think of the video games your social circles are most familiar with. Are they mega-hits like GTA: V or Call of Duty? Iconic franchises like The Legend of Zelda or Kingdom Hearts? While those are recognizable, and certainly fun, they tend to overshadow the breadth of indie games in public conversation. In the following video, indie game designer Jonathan Blow notes the benefits of working on an indie game and describes their importance.
Often people dismiss videos games as “mindless” entertainment. Here Johnathan Blow deconstructs his development process, highlighting how the misconception of video games as uniform and one-dimensional fails to acknowledge the depth of this variegated art form.
Twine: an open source tool for telling interactive, nonlinear stories.
A text guide on how to use Twine
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