New Wave In Gameplay
There is nothing better than playing a game where you are totally in control, and can see outcomes to your decisions. Like the old Kings Quest games of the 1980`s, new Story games allow players to really get into the game. Story gaming is a new form of Web storytelling pioneered by City of IF, a Silicon Valley Internet Startup, in early 2005. Through a unique mixture of forums, voting, and chat, story gaming allows players to cooperatively play characters in a story guided by a human author. The experience provides the interest of a great story with the added excitement and participation of a game. City of IF today announced the release of `The Machine?s Daughter`, a Flash-based story game played weekly and free of charge. `The Machine?s Daughter` tells the story of a human girl forced to find her identity in a world populated by machines.
City of IF founder and CEO Mark Keavney said that City of IF decided to create `The Machine?s Daughter` in Flash rather than HTML in order to make greater use of graphics and animation, stating that `Flash is the next step in the development of this new art form. We expect that the additional visuals will not only make a richer experience, but will also attract a larger audience, which will make the interaction richer as well`. More than 15,000 players across North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia have joined City of IF?s websites. The two web sites receive over 2000 visits every day from players of the 60 active story games.
Keavney, who received a PhD in Psychology from Stanford University, undertook an extensive study of the psychology of games, storytelling, and Internet communities before coming up with the idea of story gaming. Story gaming appeals both to gamers looking for more dramatic depth and readers eager to step inside their favorite stories. Story gaming?s emphasis on creative collaboration also attracts those seeking a more cooperative social experience than is found in many online games.
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