Month: May 2025

When we think about storytelling in video games, we often focus on characters, dialogue, plot twists, or worldbuilding. Yet one of the most powerful narrative tools in any game is something most players rarely think about consciously: the camera. In video games, the camera is not just a technical device or visual necessity—it is a narrative perspective, an emotional guide, and often, a silent narrator. How a game positions its camera—whether behind the player, above them, or through their eyes—shapes not only how the player sees the world but how they experience the story emotionally, psychologically, and thematically. In cinema,…

Not all stories in games are told through dialogue, cutscenes, or quest text. Some of the most powerful narratives unfold silently—through empty rooms, broken fences, flickering lights, and forgotten objects. This is the domain of environmental storytelling: when the game world itself becomes the storyteller. Environmental storytelling isn’t new, but it has grown from a background aesthetic to a sophisticated tool that developers use to immerse, inform, and move players without a single word. It’s in the quiet corners, the subtle clues, and the worldbuilding details that players find meaning—often without realizing they’re being told a story at all. What…