Hi I am John Muldoon a 11th grader at saline Michigan taking British Literature. My project is the analyzes of what makes video games good at telling story. I chose this project because I have always be fascinated with these interactive programs we call games. Ever since I was a little kid playing Supper Mario Bros I wondered why i was so interested in recusing a princes that I had no personal interest in saving, but as the games professed and I beat more and more bosses getting closer and closer to recusing her I became more attached to saving her and being engrossed in the story of the game. After that game seven years later I started playing role playing games(RPGs) a type of game were the key component of the game is story telling. I began looking deeper into why story telling is a key component in all games and how a game implemented the story.

As the technology for producing video games changes, so do the games we play. One category of games that has seen the biggest change is the role-playing games (RPG). An RPG is defined as a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting. The first mainstream RPG came out was Dungeon and Dragons (D&D) which came out in 1974 and was based on the premise that you create a character/hero and you make the many choices for your character and alter the game with every decision. After this came to the first evolution to the RPG the 16-bit turn-based combat games where you explore and follow a story set for you by the developers. Then came the first 3d person Daggerfall(1996) RPG that added another dynamic to the category where you could see the story from a perspective of “god”. Then after about 12 years, we get the biggest evolution of the RPG a 3D first-person or 3rd person game where you create the story with your choices fallout 3(2008) created by Bethesda where you play as a vault dweller and go out and explore a radioactive post-American world. Ever since this break throw, we haven’t seen any major changes except for an occasional game that focuses more on improving the graphics of their game.