quite enjoyable :)

Challenging...

Great course!

Taking the Story and Narrative Development for Video Games have helped me gain a basic understanding of developing stories for video games, etc. I was fortunate enough to learn from the constructive feedback received from peers in the class, which helped me improve and expand on my ideas in the course assignments. This course helped me apply exercises introduced in the course to everyday life when watching movies and reading stories.

I'm giving 3/5 stars because again, the course mentors did not seem involved in students' questions posted on the discussion forums. I posted a question regarding an assignment's missing grade only for it to be answered a week later. Many students have posted questions on the discussion forums from previous courses and this one only for most left unanswered.

I've left a similar review regarding lack of involvement of course mentors, and I'm disappointed to leave another review about it again. When course mentors are actively involved, it helps us learners to understand course materials and make learning enjoyable when interacting with others.

The course itself was fantastic and I appreciate the care the lecturer took in creating it. I seriously learnt so much. Thank you! The problem I have is in the grading system: when the grade is out of 4, you had the option to give 4/4, 3/4, or 0. There were often times when those I was peer assessing qualified for a 2 or a 1, but those just weren’t options. Also, when a question requires you to meet 8 requirements to be answered fully, it’s shouldn’t only give 2 points. 8, at the minimum, plus 1 more for quality/effort. As a result, I got 100% across the board, but I don’t feel like I earned it. I got 0 feedback because students aren’t encouraged to care through the grading system. It wasn’t just me either. Based on the work I peer assessed, students stopped trying after week 1 and 2 because the grading system made it feel like the bare minimum was more than enough to do well which doesn’t exactly encourage people to try. Like, I could have chosen to not learn anything and still passed with flying colors, which isn’t a brag. It’s a problem with the grading system.

This course was a little bit a shock for me. It had no continuity with the previous one, which was kinda a pity. Also, I had a hard time with the last two homework of week 3 and week 4, since a ''story'' is imposed to you, and you have to re-write within that...I would have preferred that we did the same exercise with the kid story chosen in the first two lessons(week 1 and 2). I wouldn't recommend it if you have already experience with writing because it was very discouraging for me, I almost wanted to skip the course, but I want that specialization so I had to complete it. But if you don't have experience in writing at all, maybe it could help you because the teacher explains to you his method to help you find your ideas for building your narrative, and also for describing your characters and their motives etc.

I appreciate knowing more now than I did before about story writing. I know better now how to approach assessing a story and critiquing it, and I really want to work on a story of my own next!

Not going to lie, though, this course was difficult to immerse myself in simply because of the examples: I'm not into guns, not into muscle, not into violence, and every single example was either of men, or how a female's mission centered around the men in her life. If I could suggest a change in this course, it would be to consider all the different backgrounds of the people taking the course, and give examples that are more inclusive.

There were some insightful points and the instructor is clear and concise. The teachings were also made clearer by using actual written examples of games/stories. The reason for 3 stars is because the peer feedback is lacking. Maybe it's because this course requires more reading. People don't give critique or feedback. Just one-liners like "this is good" or "nothing to change". An important element of writing (especially for games) is feedback from others, which makes the feedback in this course frustrating.

I like that the instructions and lessons are easy to follow for a beginner. I am not a hardcore gamer but still I was able to understand the lessons and the examples given were quite helpful. What could be improved though is the Peer Review mechanics - I have submitted my assignment early but the review of my work came late. I don't want to pay for the course again in the next month, I really wanted to finish on time, but apparently that is not even in your control even if you submit on time.

The course is pretty good as an introduction to the industry, the main processes and the overall information for beginners, if that is your case I highly recommend it to you as it has good practices and it's easy to understand. On the other hand if you are already in the industry or studied something game design/narrative related, it might feel a bit repetitive. My overall feeling is quite good though, thank you for the course guys :)

Although I did enjoy the challenges proposed, the content was rather basic. I feel like the work we've done on week 1 and 2 where wasted as soon as week 3 came. My suggestion is to integrate all the challenges. I'd only suggest this course for real beginners.

This was ok, but not really for me. I feel like this can be very helpful for some who struggle with story and narrative writing, but for those who have taken courses and studied this already, it was repetitive and tiresome.

I'm disapointed. Basic knowleges of drama structure, making characters. And 0 about narrative mecanics. If You are already screenwriter or writer You will find nothing new.

Concepts are interesting, the assignments are not. Writing and re-writing about the teacher's generic game example. Not much opportunity to work on your own content.

Great course content but only 3 stars because after being finished for over a month I am still waiting for someone to review my final assignment.

The course is ok, but it doesn't give any certificate of completition for free users (something that many other courses do give).

Good overview of narrative and a breakdown of key story elements such as character and setting.

The material is OK, but it just felt so boring

The course gives a surface level overview on how to develop stories and narratives for video games, overall it is well paced. However, all exercises in the course are peer-reviewed and riddled with trolls and AI submissions. Grading tool several days, and most peer feedback was worthless (random text, single characters/words). I had to resubmit some submissions as trolls had me fail them for no reason. Due to the bad user experience, I cannot endorse this course.