{"id":1984,"date":"2022-01-04T03:02:19","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T08:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brokenmount.com\/bm\/2022\/01\/04\/why-video-game-heroes-should-influence-the-storys-world\/"},"modified":"2022-01-04T03:02:19","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T08:02:19","slug":"why-video-game-heroes-should-influence-the-storys-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brokenmount.com\/bm\/2022\/01\/04\/why-video-game-heroes-should-influence-the-storys-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Video Game Heroes Should Influence the Story&#8217;s World"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nofilmschool.com\/video-game-heroes-world\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nofilmschool.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/article_medium\/public\/51509006883_ff5af117e0_h.jpeg?itok=cSDIAVf6\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Entertainment in every category relies on the hero. <\/p>\n<p>\nTwo of the most fun parts of writing, no matter for what medium, are worldbuilding and character development.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThese two things are the cornerstone of ideation. You&#8217;re pulling people from thin air and populating a world of your design. You&#8217;re making places people want to immerse themselves in, and creating characters they empathize with, are interested in, and sometimes even want to know or get to be.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThis all matters so much in every storytelling medium, especially video games.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nCheck out this video from Story Mode where narrative director John Gonzalez helps them examine authored player characters, the benefits of a motivated protagonist, and how <em>Horizon<\/em> character Aloy\u2019s personal journey is connected to the mystery of the story world.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Video Game Heroes Should Influence the Story&#8217;s World<\/p>\n<p>\n<em>Horizon: Forbidden West<\/em> is the latest title in the <em>Horizon<\/em> series. It&#8217;s an action role-playing game developed by Guerrilla Games and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nofilmschool.com\/video-game-heroes-world\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Author: Jason Hellerman<br \/>\nThis article comes from <i>No Film School<\/i> and can be <a href=\"https:\/\/nofilmschool.com\/video-game-heroes-world\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>read on the original site.<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Entertainment in every category relies on the hero. 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