Environmental Narrative - Telling Stories in Spaces Without Saying Anything Aloud
Explore immersive game design techniques for creating engaging environments and narratives without dialogue, focusing on physical storytelling, worldbuilding, and player experience.
Can You Make a Good Game Without Good Play Mechanics?
Explore game design beyond mechanics with Square Enix's Prasertvithyakarn, using Final Fantasy XV as a case study to illustrate the importance of a broader vision in creating engaging experiences.
Illustrating Tamriel - Creating Key Art for The Elder Scrolls Online
Explore compositional strategies and character-centric techniques for crafting compelling narrative key art in The Elder Scrolls Online with ZeniMax Online Studios' Lucas Slominski.
Emergent Storytelling Techniques in The Sims
Explore techniques used across The Sims generations to empower player-driven storytelling, including AI, autonomous feedback loops, and story progression systems.
Kill the Hero, Save the -Narrative- World
Explore techniques for writing ensemble casts in video games, comparing them to traditional hero narratives and discussing their potential to create richer, more diverse storytelling experiences.
The Making of Divinity - Original Sin 2
Larian Studios' strategies for improving Divinity: Original Sin 2, covering game design, development challenges, and innovative features that enhanced the sequel's success.
Rick and Morty - Virtual Rick-ality Postmortem - VR Lessons Learned
Explore VR game development insights from Owlchemy Labs' creators of Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality. Learn about room-scale design, portals, character interactions, and overcoming UI challenges in this postmortem analysis.
Narrated Reality
Explore neural networks for creative language applications, from expressive image captioning to AI-generated screenplays, with insights on new interfaces and forms for written expression.
Experimental Creative Writing with the Vectorized Word
Explore experimental creative writing using vector representations of language, blending computational techniques with poetic expression for unique semantic and phonological effects.
Strategic Storytelling
Learn to craft compelling narratives for engineering ideas, gaining support and buy-in through effective storytelling techniques and frameworks.
Más risas de las ideas
Luciano Mellera explora el poder de las ideas para generar risas, compartiendo su experiencia como comediante y demostrando cómo el humor puede surgir de conceptos cotidianos e inesperados.
Your Character is More Important Than Your Grades
Explore the importance of character development in education and its long-term impact on personal and professional success, as shared by an experienced university guidance counselor.
Lie, Cheat, and Steal
Explore creative writing and screenwriting through the lens of "art is a lie," inspired by Picasso. Learn to embrace unconventional approaches for compelling storytelling.
Neurodiversity - All Minds Deserve Love Equally
Exploring neurodiversity, ADHD diagnosis, and the importance of accepting diverse minds. Krista Carvin shares personal insights and advocates for embracing brain differences to promote inclusivity and self-acceptance.
A Script Full of Possibilities
Bollywood scriptwriter Saiwyn Quadras shares his journey from childhood challenges to success, highlighting the power of storytelling and perseverance in overcoming obstacles and impacting audiences.
Using Open Source for Fun and Profit
Discover how open source communities can transform your career, offering opportunities for growth, networking, and personal fulfillment beyond code contributions.
Inside Writer's Mind
Explore the creative process, emotional challenges, and triumphs of writing through Novoneel Chakraborty's personal journey, offering insights and encouragement for aspiring writers.
Storytelling Problem Solving
Discover yourself and others through storytelling. Learn to create characters, introduce plot elements, and connect fictional stories to real life for personal growth and understanding.
The Sexual Assault That Isn't Talked About
Exploring the overlooked issue of sexual assault within consensual relationships, challenging conventional perceptions and validating diverse experiences of trauma and violence.
How to Write the Wrong Way
Renowned author Brad Herzog humorously challenges writing conventions, redefining the craft through personal experiences and unconventional wisdom in this engaging TEDx talk.
Writing for Happiness
Discover the transformative power of writing to spread joy, foster self-expression, and uplift others. Learn how words can touch hearts, inspire positivity, and create meaningful connections in various forms of written communication.