Key Terms — Story Structure, Characters, Setting, & Conflict

Course 2: Game Design & Development Principles / Unit 5: Game Design Storytelling & Nonlinear Narratives / Lesson 1: Story Structure, Characters, Setting, & Conflict

Vocabulary focus

Hero's Journey, Character Archetype, Narrative Arc, Conflict, Environmental Storytelling, Worldbuilding, Exposition, Dialogue, Lore, Protagonist

Build your glossary

For each term or concept, write an explanation in your own words and add an example from this lesson. Check your explanation against the lesson resources.

Term or concept	My explanation	Example
________________	________________	________________
________________	________________	________________

Resources

Setting, Story and Systems in That Order
YouTube loads only when you press play.
Watch on YouTube (opens in a new tab)

Discuss and submit in Google Classroom

Use this site to read, watch, and get shared learning materials. Keep completed work, questions, and comments in your class on Google Classroom.

Open Google Classroom

Choose your class and the assignment named by your teacher.

KDE student outcomes

Unit-level context for this lesson · Course 113605

View aligned outcomes (4)

#21 Analyze the essentials of storytelling.
#22 Write an outline of a nonlinear story.
#24 Compare conflict and outcomes.
#25 Develop objectives and outcomes for a game.

Alignment from Master Lesson Plans v3.5. These are instructional targets; completing a resource does not by itself establish mastery.