The story and setting of a game.
Game design: Understanding the principles and processes involved in designing a military simulation game, from the mechanics to the aesthetics, to the playtesting process.
Storytelling: Learning how to craft compelling narratives, develop engaging characters, and create immersive worlds that resonate with players.
Narrative structures: Exploring the various structures and techniques used to create coherent and impactful storylines within games.
Character development: Understanding how to craft realistic and relatable characters, exploring their motivations, goals and conflicts, and identifying ways to make them more engaging for players.
Worldbuilding: Learning how to create rich and detailed game worlds, including geography, history, politics, and cultures.
Dialogue writing: Developing the skills to write convincing and compelling dialogue that furthers the plot, reveals character development and drives player engagement.
Gameplay mechanics and flow: Understanding the interaction between storytelling and gameplay mechanics, and how they work together to create memorable gaming experiences.
Player choice and agency: Exploring how game narrative allows for player choice and agency, and the different ways to convey this to the player.
Plot development: Learning how to construct a well-paced and engaging plot, with well-timed revelations and twists, making use of different narrative and game mechanics.
Writing for different game genres: Understanding the core narrative elements for different types of games, such as RPGs, FPSs, and strategy games, along with the specific techniques and skills required for each.
Historical accuracy: Exploring how military simulation games can incorporate real-life historic events and figures into the game narrative with accuracy and sensitivity.
Emotional impact: Exploring how game narrative can evoke strong emotional responses in players, and the different techniques used to achieve this, such as dialogue, music, and visual art.
Non-linear narrative design: Understanding how to create non-linear narratives that offer multiple paths and endings, providing players with a high level of replayability and immersion.
Writing effective descriptions: Developing the skills to write effective descriptions that immerse players in the game world, without detracting from the gameplay experience.
Internationalization and localization: Exploring challenges and best practices in translating and adapting game narrative to different languages and cultures, to ensure that the player's experience is as compelling as possible.
First-person shooter (FPS): This is a popular category of military simulation games where players view the game world through the eyes of a player character (PC) and engage in combat against enemy forces using firearms.
Third-person shooter: Similar to FPS games, but the player views the action from a third-person perspective, watching the PC on screen rather than through their eyes.
Tactical RPG: This genre combines elements of traditional role-playing games (RPGs) with tactical gameplay mechanics. Players use their characters' stats, abilities, and equipment to navigate through the game world and engage in battles against enemies.
Real-time strategy (RTS): In RTS games, players command armies or other military units in real-time, making strategic decisions on the fly in order to outmaneuver and defeat their opponents.
Turn-based strategy: Like RTS games, players command military units and make strategic decisions, but instead of real-time gameplay, the action is turn-based, with each player taking their turn to make strategic moves.
Battle royale: A style of FPS gameplay where players compete against each other in a game world that gets progressively smaller as the game progresses. The last player or team standing is the winner.
War simulation: Complex military simulations that are designed to provide players with a highly realistic experience of real-world military operations. These games might simulate troop movements, supply lines, and other aspects of military strategy.