Create stories that draw players in and make them want to return!

In this course, you’ll discover how to leverage narrative to sustain interest, deepen engagement, and build long-term connections with your audience.

Here, we’ve gathered the secrets of successful storytelling for live-service games: from creating compelling settings and cinematic techniques to audience retention strategies and building characters with endless narrative potential.

Explore powerful methods and tools that bring stories to life, and craft narratives that win the hearts of players!

Who this course is for

Mobile game-service developers

Learn to build narrative content that maximizes gamers' retention.

Game designers

Visualize processes for creating endless narratives, balancing gameplay, and optimizing monetization.

Narrative designers and game writers

Organize and deepen your knowledge to expand professional expertise.

Indie developers

Gain valuable techniques and practical methods for creating and managing engaging content.

Game development enthusiasts interested in narrative

Discover the inner workings of narrative design in popular mobile games.

The course consists of six recorded video lectures covering recent trends in narrative design for casual live-service games, along with methods, structures, tools, and tips for effective storytelling.

Course program

Lecture 1. Introduction to narrative in casual live-service games

History and current trends. How to select a compelling setting for the casual game audience.

Lecture 2. Horizontal-vertical narrative structure

Keeping the player engaged with an evolving story. Applying cinematic storytelling techniques to game narrative.

Lecture 3. Narrative tools

Methods for gamers' retention through narrative elements.

Lecture 4. Retcon and ludonarrative dissonance

Avoiding plot inconsistencies and gaps when crafting an endless story.

Lecture 5. Building a character with endless narrative potential

Creating character backstories to prevent retcon issues and maintain balance in a horizontal-vertical story structure.

Lecture 6. LiveOps: supplementary narrative

Using seasonal and additional narratives to enhance gamers' retention.

Course will be available beginning December 2

Be sure to buy at a discounted price before this date!
COURSE ACCESS
€299
€359
+VAT
1

Additional information

The course is conducted in Russian.ㅤ

If you have any questions or would like to customize the course and conduct it exclusively for your company, please get in touch with us at academy@wn.media. We will be happy to assist you!