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Creating Emotion in Games: The Craft and Art of Emotioneering™
By David Freeman
Publisher	: New Riders Publishing
Pub Date	: September 23, 2003
ISBN	: 1-5927-3007-8
Pages	: 576
				Copyright
		Acknowledgments
		About the Author
			About the Technical Reviewer
			Tell Us What You Think
		Foreword
		Gallery
		Part I.  Introduction
			Chapter 1.1.  Communicate… Explore… Help… Words… Edge…
				Communicate
				Explore
				Help
				Words
				Edge
			Chapter 1.2.  An Introduction to Emotioneering
			Chapter 1.3.  Why Put Emotion into Games?
				Reason #1: Expanded Demographics
				Reason #2: Better Buzz
				Reason #3: Better Press
				Reason #4: So Games Don't Seem Amateurish
				Reason #5: An Inspired and Dedicated Creative Team
				Reason #6: Consumer Loyalty to the Brand, Which Is Worth a Fortune
				Reason #7: So You Don't Burn Millions of Dollars of Potential Profit
				Reason #8: Competitive Advantage
				Reason #9: So You Don't Come in Last
				Summary
			Chapter 1.4.  17 Things Screenwriters Don't Know About Games
				What Screenwriters Need to Learn About Games
				Putting It in Focus
				Facing the Challenge: A Guide to Hiring a Screenwriter
				Final Thoughts
			Chapter 1.5.  Why Game Designers Often Find Writing to Be So Challenging
				The Same Problem Often Besets Game Designers
				Yes, But Games Aren't Movies, so That Isn't Relevant
				Final Thoughts
			Chapter 1.6.  Why "Writing" Is a Bad Word and "Emotioneering" Is a Better One
			Chapter 1.7.  How to Hopefully Be Unappreciated
			Chapter 1.8.  Where Screenwriting Leaves Off and Emotioneering Begins
				Deep Isn't Necessarily Interesting
				From Screenwriting to Emotioneering
		Part II.  The 32 Categories of Emotioneering Techniques
			Chapter 2.1.  Emotioneering Techniques Category #1: NPC Interesting Techniques
				Major NPCs (NPCs Who Recur Throughout the Game)
				More About Traits
				The Hypothetical Game
				The Hypothetical Game
				Final Thoughts
			Chapter 2.2.  Emotioneering Techniques Category #2: NPC Deepening Techniques
				Emotional Pain
				An Example of Technique Stacking
				Regret and Hiding a Secret
				Appreciation and Wisdom
				Cover a Real Emotion with a False Emotion
				Combining NPC Deepening Techniques
				Having Emotion Relate to Player Actions and Decisions
				Final Thoughts
			Chapter 2.3.  Emotioneering Techniques Category #3: Dialogue Interesting Techniques
				NPC Dialogue to Add Color
				NPC Dialogue to Prompt Action
				Splitting Up the Information
				Some Common Fallacies and Problems
				Final Thoughts
			Chapter 2.4.  Emotioneering Techniques Category #4: Deepening Deepening Techniques
				Give Your NPC Some Depth
				The Hypothetical Game
				Combining Emotioneering Techniques
				An Example of Technique Stacking
				The NPC Has Emotions Beneath the Surface
				The Hypothetical Game
				Ambivalence
				Final Thoughts
			Chapter 2.5.  Emotioneering Techniques Category #5: Group Interesting Techniques
				The Basic Idea of Klingons
				Relevance for Games
				Two Important Considerations
				Traits Versus Quirks Carrying the Analogy into Groups
				Hypothetical Game Case Study
				So, All Groups Need a Diamond?
				The Diamond of the Group and the Diamond of the Individual
				Final Thoughts
			Chapter 2.6.  Emotioneering Techniques Category #6: Group Deepening Techniques
				Giving Depth to Groups
				The Hypothetical Game
				Final Thoughts
			Chapter 2.7.  Emotioneering Techniques Category #7: NPC Toward NPC Chemistry Techniques
				The Characters Think in the Same Way
				Fighting
				Person #1 Talks Warmly About Person #2 in Person #2's Absence
				Another Example of Technique Stacking
				Person #1 Can Read Person #2's Hidden Feelings
				They Have Shared Bits
				Final Thoughts
			Chapter 2.8.  Emotioneering Techniques Category #8: NPC Toward NPC Relationship Deepening Techniques
				An Analogy to the Character Diamond
				More Than One Layer Can Be Present in One Line
				There Doesn't Need to Be a Relationship Between the Two Characters' Layer Cakes Toward Each Other But There Can Be
				Final Thoughts
			Chapter 2.9.  Emotioneering Techniques Category #9: NPC Character Arc Techniques
				A Character Arc Doesn't Come Easily to a Character
				Relevance for Games
				Ins and Outs
				Exceptions
				Final Thoughts
			Chapter 2.10.  Emotioneering Techniques Category #10: NPC Rooting Interest Techniques
				The Sorcerer Among Us Is You
				Relationship to the Character Diamond
				Put the NPC in Danger
				Self-Sacrifice
				Undeserved Misfortune
				Learn About a Painful Part of Their Past
				Bravery
				Some Techniques Fall into Two Different Categories
				Characters You Invest with Life
				Characters for Whom You're Responsible
				A Note About Multi-Function Techniques
				Using Rooting Interest Techniques and Their Opposites to "Dial Up" or "Dial Down" an NPC's Likability and the Degree to Which We Identify with Him or Her
				Final Thoughts
			Chapter 2.11.  Emotioneering Techniques Category #11: Player Toward NPC Chemistry Techniques
				The NPC Admires You
				The NPC Reads Your Mind
				The NPC Has Things in Common with You
				The NPC Anticipates Your Needs and Desires
				An NPC Makes You Grow to Become a Better Person
				Final Thoughts
			Chapter 2.12.  Emotioneering Techniques Category #12: NPC Toward Player Relationship Deepening Techniques
				Layers of Feeling
				Hypothetical Game Case Study: Post-Apocalyptic America Game
				Hypothetical Game Case Study: The Detectives
				Hypothetical Game Case Study: Another Hypothetical Game Example
				Final Thoughts
			Chapter 2.13.  Emotioneering Techniques Category #13: Player Toward NPC Relationship Deepening Techniques
				Hypothetical Game Case Study: Our Post-Apocalyptic Gunslinger
				A Hypothetical Game: Mixed Emotions in WWII
				Final Thoughts
			Chapter 2.14.  Emotioneering Techniques Category #14: Group Bonding Techniques
				Elements of Shared Appearance
				Shared Goals
				Shared Rituals
				Going Through Shared Ordeals and Adventures
				Taking Heroic Actions to Protect Each Other
				Complementary Skills
				Say Good Things Behind Each Others' Back Even if They Don't to Their Faces
				Bam-Bam Dialogue in Cinematics
				Shared References
				Group Bonding Challenges in Squad-Based First-Person Shooters
				Final Thoughts
			Chapter 2.15.  Emotioneering Techniques Category #15: Emotionally Complex Moments and Situations Techniques
				You Are Forced to Do Potential Evil
				You Are Forced to See Through the Eyes of Someone You Don't Like or Are Ambivalent About
				Ambivalence Toward a "Friend"
				Ambivalence Toward an "Enemy"
				Ambivalence Toward a Situation
				You Discover You've Been Tricked
				Helpless to Aid Someone You Love
				What's Good and What's Evil Is Not Black and White
				Forced to Violate Your Own Integrity
				Creating Emotionally Complex Moments and Situations Through Incongruence
				Final Thoughts
			Chapter 2.16.  Emotioneering Techniques Category #16: Plot Interesting Techniques
				You Call This a Story?
				Breaking These Different Structures into Elements
				Creative Toolbox or Wellspring of Psychosis?
				Structure Twists
				Hypothetical Game Case Study
				Pancaking Scripted Sequences
				Meaningful Nonlinear Re-Sequencing (MNR)
				Final Thoughts Man Cannot Live by Twists Alone
			Chapter 2.17.  Emotioneering Techniques Category #17: Plot Deepening Techniques
				Two Key Characters Trade Places
				The Story Makes a Spiritual Power Palpable
				A Symbol Takes on More and More Emotional Associations
				A Character We Like Dies
				A Bittersweet Ending
				An Ending That's a Little Uncertain
				Greetings from a Land Outside Your Awareness
				Relevance of Crouching Tiger for Games
				A Downside to Victory
				Emotion Mapping
				Idea Mapping
				Final Thoughts
			Chapter 2.18.  Emotioneering Techniques Category #18: World Induction Techniques
				Creating a Rich World
				Creating a Rich World Through Visual Incongruence Using Emotionally Resonant Items
				A World That Takes A While to Figure Out
				Friendship or Responsibility Toward NPCs You Care About
				Revenge
				Don't Hold Back on Cool Weapons or Cool Things to Do
				Don't Change All the Rules at the End
				World Induction Techniques Commonly Used in Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOGs Sometimes Called MMOs)
				Final Thoughts
			Chapter 2.19.  Emotioneering Techniques Category #19: Role Induction Techniques
				Skill Sets
				Rewards for Playing the Role
				Against All Odds
				Accomplishment
				Leadership Attitudes and Abilities
				A Valuable and Appreciated Role
				License to Break the Rules
				Beguiling New Identities
				Abilities Beyond the Norm
				The Character Has Emotional Responses We Recognize and Can Identify With
				Self Auto-Talk and Self Auto-Thought
				Fewer Words Usually Invites the Player to Identify with the Character
				Character Silence (No Self Auto-Talk and No Self-Auto Talk)
				Generalizing a Problem
				Tradeoffs When Using Role Induction Techniques
				A Case Study in Role Induction: Thief
				Final Thoughts
			Chapter 2.20.  Emotioneering Techniques Category #20: First-Person Character Arc Techniques
				Defining the Problem
				Past Attempts to Create a First-Person Character Arc
				Emulating Life Itself
				Should Going Through a First-Person Character Arc Be Essential to Winning a Game?
				Various Types of Rewards and Punishments
				Where a First-Person Character Arc Begins
				Alternative Character Arcs
				Final Thoughts
			Chapter 2.21.  Emotioneering Techniques Category #21: First-Person Deepening Techniques
				Emotionally and/or Morally Difficult Decisions
				Hypothetical Game Case Study: Woman from the Future
				Hypothetical Game Case Study: Choice of Player Character
				Hypothetical Game Case Study: The Kidnapped Teenager
				Responsibility
				Hypothetical Game Case Study: The Terrellens
				Multiple and Sometimes Even Conflicting Viewpoints (Learning from Mr. Bill)
				Hypothetical Game Case Study: Return to the Terrellens
				Certain First-Person Character Arcs
				Hypothetical Game Case Study: Returning to the City
				Seeing Situations That Aren't Black and White
				Final Thoughts
			Chapter 2.22.  Emotioneering Techniques Category #22: Revealing Complex Characters Through Their Actions
				A Real Game Case Study
				Khensa
				Final Thoughts
			Chapter 2.23.  Emotioneering Techniques Category #23: Enhancing Emotional Depth Through Symbols
				Usable Symbols
				Symbol of a Character's Condition or Change in Condition Visual or Verbal
				Game Case Study: Ico
				Hypothetical Game Case Study: Symbols of Sadness and Achievement
				Symbolic Subplot
				Game Case Study: Aidyn Chronicles
				Symbols Used in Foreshadowing
				Hypothetical Game Case Study: The Samurai
				A Symbol That Takes on Increasing Emotional Associations Visual or Verbal
				Hypothetical Game Case Study: The Pendant
				Game Case Study: Max Payne
				Hypothetical Game Case Study: The Hood Ornament
				Final Thoughts
			Chapter 2.24.  Emotioneering Techniques Category #24: Self-Created Story Techniques (a.k.a. Agency Techniques)
				A Spectrum of Impact
				Mixing Impact Modes
				Different Ways of Fulfilling the Mission
				Other Ways to Create Self-Created Stories
				Final Thoughts
			Chapter 2.25.  Emotioneering Techniques Category #25: Motivation Techniques
				Don't Interrupt Gameplay
				If Possible, Try Not to Let the Way the Player Receives Information Interrupt the Game
				Don't Hold Back Too Long on the Carrots
				Avoid the Feeling of Repetitive Gameplay…Sometimes
				Keep Those Plot Twists Coming
				Sometimes Provide Unexpected Consequences to the Player's Actions
				Action Puzzles
				A Mysterious or Interesting World That Takes A While to Sort Out
				An Interesting Plot That Unfolds in an Interesting Way
				A Higher Score
				Final Thoughts
			Chapter 2.26.  Emotioneering Techniques Category #26: Cohesiveness Techniques
				Your Character Gets a Reputation
				Karma
				NPCs in One Part of the Game Refer to NPCs in Other Parts of the Game
				Give Your Game a Theme
				Relationships Between People or Groups That Take A While to Decipher, But Eventually Form Their Own Coherent World
				Abilities You Learn in One Part of the Game Are Useful Later in the Game
				Remind Us of the Stakes
				Final Thoughts
			Chapter 2.27.  Emotioneering Techniques Category #27: "True-to-Life" Techniques
				Final Thoughts
			Chapter 2.28.  Emotioneering Techniques Category #28: Cross-Demographic Techniques
				Cross-Demographic Techniques
				The General Idea
				Self-Deconstructing Humor
				Giving NPCs Character Arcs
				Trendy Comedy
				A Game That Takes Place in a Rich World
				Have Characters Who Undergo Either Adult or Complicated Emotions
				The Use of Deepening Techniques
				Final Thoughts
			Chapter 2.29.  Emotioneering Techniques Category #29: Injecting Emotion into a Game's Story Elements
				Dissecting a Story
				Story Elements in Types of Games That We Normally Don't Think of as Possessing "Stories"
				Simple and Complex Emotion
				Using Story Elements to Brainstorm Emotional Complexity
				Final Thoughts
			Chapter 2.30.  Emotioneering Techniques Category #30: Tying Story to Gameplay and Mechanics
				Contrasting Examples
				Just the Other Day
				Final Thoughts
			Chapter 2.31.  Emotioneering Techniques Category #31: Writing Powerful Pre-Rendered and In-Game Cinematics
				Learning from Film
				The Example
				Final Thoughts
				Glossary for This Chapter
			Chapter 2.32.  Emotioneering Techniques Category #32: Opening Cinematic Techniques
				Begin with a "Fakeout Scene" (Faking Out the Player)
				Begin with a Mystery
				Begin by Introducing Us to a Unique Character
				Begin by Throwing Us into a Suspenseful Piece of the Plot
				Begin by Entering into a Unique World
				Final Thoughts
				Looking Back
		Part III.  An Emotioneering Gallery
			Chapter 3.1.  Introduction
				Emotioneering in Reality-Based Games Versus Fantasy and Sci-Fi Games
			Chapter 3.2.  Chasm
				Hypothetical Game Case Study: Boston Physicist
				NPC Interesting Techniques (Chapter 2.1)
				Player Toward NPC Chemistry Techniques (Chapter 2.11)
				World Induction Techniques (Chapter 2.18)
				First-Person Deepening Techniques (Chapter 2.21)
				Player Toward NPC Relationship Deepening Techniques (Chapter 2.13)
				Emotionally Complex Moments and Situations Techniques (Chapter 2.15)
				Plot Deepening Techniques (Chapter 2.17)
				Adding Emotional Depth to a Game Through Symbols (Chapter 2.23)
				Final Thoughts
			Chapter 3.3.  Styx
				Hypothetical Game Case Study: The Roman Empire
				Emotionally Complex Moments and Situations Techniques (Chapter 2.15)
				NPC Deepening Techniques (Chapter 2.2)
				NPC Toward Player Relationship Deepening Techniques (Chapter 2.12)
				First-Person Character Arc and First-Person Deepening Techniques (Chapters 2.20 and 2.21)
				Plot Deepening Techniques (Chapter 2.17)
				Final Thoughts
			Chapter 3.4.  Rough Trade
				Hypothetical Game Case Study: Cyberpunk Novelist
				NPC Interesting Techniques (Chapter 2.1)
				NPC Deepening Techniques (Chapter 2.2)
				Player Toward NPC Chemistry Techniques (Chapter 2.11)
				Player Toward NPC Relationship Deepening Techniques (Chapter 2.13)
				Role Induction Techniques (Chapter 2.19)
				First-Person Character Arc Techniques (Chapter 2.20)
				First-Person Deepening Techniques (Chapter 2.21)
				Motivation Techniques (Chapter 2.25)
				Plot Deepening Techniques (Chapter 2.17)
				Final Thoughts
		Part IV.  Magic
			Chapter 4.  Magic
				Let's Get Real But in Whose Reality?
				A Secret Land Where Smiles Are Born
				Creating Life Out of Nothing: Hard for Scientists, a Cakewalk for You
				The Ultimate Gift
				Final Thoughts
		Part V.  Addenda
			Chapter 5.1.  Introduction
			Chapter 5.2.  Techniques for Creating Fun
				Types of Fun
				Incongruence
				The Exercise
				Final Thoughts
			Chapter 5.3.  Gatherings
			Art Credits
				Cover
				Color Section
				Interior
			Artists' Bios and Contact Information
			Glossary
		Index