CPS WEEK 9: Character & Events - 4D Story Structures Pt.2 Cell Structure

In response to the theme of Character & Event, I continued my conceptualisation of a story structure for interactive media, this time focusing on how the environment and events feed into character, using a theoretical framework designed and presented in Illustrator. 

By expanding upon my earlier work with more diagrams and explanations about this concept, I have shown that a story structure is possible where event, environment and character have equal importance, feeding into one another to create more impactful organic storytelling. Here, storytelling is not a handcrafted experience, but rather a reaction to the flow of cause and effect and the relationship between every part of the game's world.

Similar work has been produced by ZA/UM (https://discoelysium.com/), whose work Disco Elysium explores this theme by focusing their game on introspection and building a character through responding to the world around you. Everything feels interconnected and grounded within a very well rendered setting that pushes you to reflect upon your decisions and how in turn those decisions reflect upon you, the player.

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