# Student Handout — Story Structure, Characters, Setting, & Conflict

- Link: https://doss.academy/course-2-game-design-development-principles/unit-5-game-design-storytelling-nonlinear-narratives/lesson-1-story-structure-characters-setting-conflict/student-handout/
- Published: 2026-10-18T12:28:05-04:00
- Author: matthew.leffler@jefferson.kyschools.us

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

## Narrative Arc & Character Archetype Worksheet.

Name: ____________________ Date: ____________________

## Explore and practice

Hero’s Journey presentation, character archetype creation, and setting analysis 
lab. CainOnGames video: Setting, Story and Systems in That Order (discussion and
analysis).

## Record your work

Describe what you tried, show your work or attach your artifact, and explain what
your evidence demonstrates.

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## Use the vocabulary

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

Use relevant terms above to explain one part of your work.

## Check and reflect

 * I completed the assigned activity and recorded my work.
 * I used lesson vocabulary accurately.
 * I can explain one thing I learned and one question I still have.

## Resources

 * **Setting, Story and Systems in That Order**
 * YouTube loads only when you press play.
 * [Watch on YouTube (opens in a new tab)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohHLUKj3NTk)