Story and Game Combined - What Is Machinima?

Story and Game Combined

Using Machinima for Interactive Experiences

by

Erik Schneider

first supervisor

Prof. Dr. Stephen Lowry

second supervisor

Prof. Dr. Huberta Kritzenberger

A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of

the degree of Master of Arts in the

Medienautor program at the

Hochschule der Medien Stuttgart on

July 4th 2008.

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Declaration

I declare that this work is written

solely by me and all sources are

referenced in the text or in the

bibliography and mediography.

Erik Schneider

Abstract

This thesis is going to introduce machinima and its history and tech-

niques. Due to the possibilities of real time 3D, I will propose to use the inter-

active potential of machinima. Furthermore, the concepts of the terms story

and game, as well as their differences, will be discussed. This will be concluded

with the suggestion of a new way of combining stories with game-elements, in

order to make use of the diversity in the field of combining stories and games.

Based on this theoretical point of view, I will present three ideas for the

use of the interactive potential of machinima: an interactive installation, digital

theatre and live cinema. I will exemplarily develop the idea of an interactive

installation to a more concrete description, a concept. This concept will use my

idea of combining a story with game-like elements.

Keywords: Machinima, Real-time 3D, Virtual Environment, Interactiv-

ity, Story, Narrative,