DDES9903 - Assessment 2

Instructions on Completing this Task

While you are free to complete this task in any way you see fit, you may find the guidance provided in this

section to be useful. Please do not feel constrained by these steps. Modify them as you require, except where

it is specified that you “should” do something.

1. (Recommended timing: Week 8) Develop a “narrative state network”.

1.1. Review the Week 8 material on “Narrative Design”

1.2. List the key characters or agents in your narrative. Note their characteristics, including:

1.2.1. their name,

1.2.2. a short one or two sentence description of their background,

1.2.3. their abilities,

1.2.4. their goals

1.3. Begin with a starting condition of your narrative

1.4. Branch out from this condition to create new states, clearly showing their transition conditions

1.5. Branch out from those new states, or loop back to pre-existing states, clearly showing their

transition conditions.

1.6. Ensure that each pathway has appropriate dramatic arcs, as discussed in Module A, and as

was required in Assessment 1.

1.7. Continue to expand your narrative state network until satisfied that a typical experience would

last between 4-6 minutes.

2. (Recommended timing: Week 9, 10) Create a digital storyboard in much the same manner that was

instructed in Assessment 1. Use the pre-built components in the DDES9903 starter kit provided on

Moodle. The main challenge now is that this experience is no longer linearly deterministic. That is, not

all viewers will experience the same order of events, depending on the choices that they make and

other events that happen in the narrative world.

2.1. Use the iterative design process to build your digital walkthrough. Test your drafts with people

other than yourself.

2.2. At each stage of iteration, note your rationale and justification for your changes.

3. (Recommended timing: Week 10, 11) Write your report. You should include:

3.1. Your narrative state network.

3.2. Description of key agents.

3.3. Description of key transitions.

3.4. Justification of design decisions, including resolved problems during the iterative design

process - including references

4. You should use the “Marking Guide” at the end of this document to allocate your efforts.

Marking Guide

Mark Category Item

10 narrativedesign narrativeflowmanagement

25 narrativedesign explanationandjustificationofusage

10 agency useragency

25 agency explanationandjustificationofusage

2 narrativesensemakingelements useofaudio&othersensorytriggers

8 narrativesensemakingelements explanationandjustificationofusage

2 narrativesensemakingelements useofsymbology,iconography,metaphors

8 narrativesensemakingelements explanationandjustificationofusage

2 narrativesensemakingelements useofspace

8 narrativesensemakingelements explanationandjustificationofusage

100 TOTAL