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Развитието на историята в приключенските видеоигри
Evolution of the Storytelling in adventure Video games

Author(s): Svetoslav Lybenov
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Education, Music, Photography, Visual Arts, Communication studies, Film / Cinema / Cinematography, Sociology of Art, History of Art
Published by: Факултет по журналистика и масова комуникация, Софийски университет „Св. Кл. Охридски”
Keywords: adventure; storytelling; videogames; ganre; evolution and transformation

Summary/Abstract: The article introduces the adventure videogame, it’s features and sub-genres. The focus is on the narrative and how it’s change over the years. Seven video games, published between 2000-2019, were analyzed through a single matrix. The various narrative structures and their influence on storytelling are analyzed. In the last part an object of attention are the hybrid genre of action-adventure videogames and it’s spread in various media. The text is part of a thesis successfully defended at FJMC in 2019

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 7
  • Page Range: 72-97
  • Page Count: 26
  • Language: Bulgarian