String of Pearls

One of the two methods of story telling in games. It involves a pre-scripted, linear story interupted by free play (challenges, puzzles etc). Notable examples are The Last of Us. Even games that have non-linear stories generally are just series of strings of pearls.

The opposite of The Story Machine, which generates a unique story every game. [@schellArtGameDesign2015a] (Chapter 17)


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