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The Journey of Redemption. By Brandon Franks. Video Game Design. The Ultimate Guide to Video Game Writing and Design The best $20 I’ve spent on my education… Screenwriting Character and plot development Backstory and world development Overarching story
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The Journey of Redemption By Brandon Franks
Video Game Design • The Ultimate Guide to Video Game Writing and Design • The best $20 I’ve spent on my education… • Screenwriting • Character and plot development • Backstory and world development • Overarching story • Freytag’s pyramid • Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, and Denouement • Music
Mythology • Judeo-Christian • Angels • Fallen angels • Demons • Nephilim • Antichrist • Apocalypse • Greek • Gods and demigods • Prometheus • Adamantine
Theology • Ernst Käsemann’s dictum: “apocalyptic was the mother of all Christian theology.” • St. Augustine and the reality of “evil” • The Fall from Heaven • Conflicting views: Faithful vs. Fallen / Jedi vs. Sith
Comparative Games • Assassin’s Creed I - III • Darksiders I & II • Dragon Age I - II • Infamous I & II • Mass Effect I - III • Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic I, II, and The Old Republic
Comparative Films • Left Behind • God help us… • The Matrix and Star Wars • Contemporary apocalyptic films • Supernatural • Merging theological and secular apocalyptic genres
Literature • The Hero: A Study in Tradition, Myth and Drama • Lord Raglan • Book of Daniel • Book of Revelation • Genesis, Ezekiel, and Isaiah • Cherubim, chapter one • Seraphim, chapter six • Darth Plagueis • “More, that they should by all rights allow me to step not merely past them but on them to get where I needed to be, because the Sith are their salvation, their only real hope. In that we will ultimately improve the lives of their descendants, they owe us every courtesy, every sacrifice, nothing short of their very lives.” • Revan • The bridge between the light side and the dark side.
Redemption • Chapter One…