Freedom in Pre-Written Stories - The Non-Linear Narrative Design of Heaven's Vault

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3 жыл бұрын

Heaven's Vault is a 3D, open world, point & click narrative adventure. It's a game with an emphasis on player choice and player freedom - but in a non-systemic game where all the content is pre-written, how does Heaven's Vault allow the player to choose their own directions while still creating an engaging narrative. How does Heaven's Vault tell a great story with freedom?
"An archaeologist uncovers a lost history in an ancient space Nebula. Award-winning narrative adventure game with hieroglyphic language puzzles, from the creators of 80 DAYS." - Steam description for Heaven's Vault
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@Table53 3 жыл бұрын

Hey, thanks for watching! Heaven’s Vault is a superb game and one I highly recommend playing. All footage in this video is from the first ~2 hours of the game and should avoid any “spoilers”. The technical details come from GDC talks by John Ingold and Joseph Humphrey (that are well worth watching if you want to hear more about this game’s narrative design) in addition to a couple of interviews. This video was originally going to cover more aspects of Heaven’s Vault but I decided it made more sense to split it up, so there will be a second video on Heaven’s Vault out soon that focuses on the design of the game’s thematic puzzles. Thanks again for watching!

@iwantagoodnameplease Жыл бұрын

Do you have a link to he GDC talks? I can't find the correct one that has the same footage as shown at the very start of the video. Thanks!

@WordsOfWisdomForReal 3 жыл бұрын

Your script writing is so damn good man, I am so jealous. *sigh* Another game added to my wishlist i guess, you have convinced me. Can't wait for part 2👌

@Table53 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! That's the dream of any game reviewer, bloat everyone's Steam wishlist with more games than they'll ever have the time to play haha..

@WordsOfWisdomForReal 3 жыл бұрын

@@Table53 I have added like 6 games after your reviews and I both hate and love you for making me waste my money😂

@skytempel2942 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, you have such a compelling style. Thanks for convincing me about just another game.

@Table53 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@jazpaa 8 ай бұрын

Brilliant video! Subscribed :) I'm doing research for my thesis on storytelling methods in non-linear video games and this looks like a fantastic game to use as an example.

@Table53 8 ай бұрын

Thank you! I'd look into the EGX/GDC talks by Jon Ingold (if you haven't already seen them). He's the founder(?) of Inkle and is an excellent voice on video game narratives

@jazpaa 8 ай бұрын

Oh, I'll definitely look that up! Many thanks :)@@Table53

@jblasutavario9549 3 жыл бұрын

Great vid. And promo for Inkle lol I love Heaven's Vault. More people need to discover it.

@Table53 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Completely agree, definitely a game that deserves more attention.

@QuestMarker 3 жыл бұрын

i love this. so many games to play! this is like #1 on my wishlist, and has been for some time. aaaaah. you further sold me on it!

@Table53 3 жыл бұрын

I think you'll really like it! The story is excellent and the language puzzles are super engaging too. Are you still trying to limit how many games you buy this year?

@sparkestar 2 жыл бұрын

I just finished my own playthrough of Heaven's Vault and was happy to find your video explaining how the systems of this game worked!! My game ended up ending suddenly and it wasn't completely satisfying, but still good. So I became curious on how the game worked and if I could have a different story in a new game plus. Your explanation really cleared things up for me!

@Table53 2 жыл бұрын

I felt the end was a little sudden the first time I played as well! But on replaying I felt it fit the game for better, there is so much you can see on a second playthrough that I didn't see the first time! (The entire moon of Renaki for example haha) Glad you liked the video!

@joki1829 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this recommendation. I will Play this Game shortly. I think of what you are saying it fits wonderfully into my taste in Games. Your recommendations are generally great. What separates them from most are that you really seem to Care and prioterize games whose are doing innovative things off the General meta. Looking forwards for more of your recommendations :) I'd now recommed Griftlands and Tunic whose I lately played. One a Story-Driven Deck Builder and The other a Soulslike Zelda'ish Game with It's very own Twists. Also in Terms of language like it seems to be the case in Heaven's Vault.

@Table53 Жыл бұрын

I hope you enjoy it! I'm glad you appreciate these videos :) Tunic I haven't played but it is high up on my list! I'm very excited to eventually play it

@Medwaypvb 3 жыл бұрын

Great insight into the game that I tested for Inkle. 😎👍 One issue with the video though: the subtitles are rather broken; getting stuck, showing titles which don’t match the audio at all, etc.

@Table53 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, very cool to hear that from someone who was involved in the game! And thanks for the heads up about the subtitles.. I uploaded the wrong file and then never checked it was actually working haha. Fixed it now.

@Yorgl 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. To be perfectly honnest, early in the game I found myself wondering what I was supposed to do, but this is more because the game is so peculiar. Once I got the hang of it, it was a great adventure.

@Table53 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@WordsOfWisdomForReal 3 жыл бұрын

What in gods name happened to your sub count? You were at 960 2 days ago! Can't believe I have missed u passing 1k

@Table53 3 жыл бұрын

I missed it as well! There was a screenshot of a comment I made that got a lot of likes on reddit and a couple hundred people all came over to check out the channel, so that was a neat surprise!

@WordsOfWisdomForReal 3 жыл бұрын

@@Table53 No way that's how you blow up of all things😂 Go get that ad rev now, u deserve some cash for these videos👌

@Table53 3 жыл бұрын

@@WordsOfWisdomForReal Haha, I wouldn't quite call it "blowing up" but it was cool to see!

@JVLawnDarts 3 жыл бұрын

Found you on r/dontyouknowwhoiam and love your channel!!

@Sabaody 3 жыл бұрын

Same...

@Table53 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I saw that post earlier after someone tagged me in the comments! Very unusual to see a screenshot like that of a conversation I had about a year ago, but I'm glad you're here and like the channel! :)

@MrWatchAndwatch 3 жыл бұрын

How did u just randomly gain 200 subs over night????? Grats on 1k but wtffff

@Table53 3 жыл бұрын

Pretty much! A screenshot of a comment I made got posted on reddit and a bunch of people came to check out the channel because of it. Some random karma farmer on reddit has boosted the channel more than the YT algorithm haha.. Thank you!

@MrWatchAndwatch 3 жыл бұрын

@@Table53 If something as ridiculous as that gets u monetization, then i'll absolutely take it. Congrats, well deserved. 10k next!

@Table53 3 жыл бұрын

@@MrWatchAndwatch Haha, yeah it was slightly odd to see. It took me a moment to figure it out! On. To. Ten. K.

@rmt3589 Жыл бұрын

Can you do a video on Atomic Structure?

@Table53 Жыл бұрын

Hey, I must have missed this comment before! I don't think it's likely that I'll make a video on the atomic structure - it's not widely used in many games (Heaven's Vault and Fallen London(?)) are the only two I can think of, and I'm not sure how much more depth I can add to what I described in this video!

@rmt3589 Жыл бұрын

@@Table53 Fair enough.