Storytelling for Video Games Using Bitsy

Megan Condis is an associate professor of Communication Studies at Texas Tech University. She received her doctorate in English Literature from the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana in 2014. She is also the author of Gaming Masculinity: Trolls, Fake Geeks, and the Gendered Battle for Online Culture (2018).Bobby Schweizer is an educator with decade of experience developing game design curriculum for college classrooms and community workshops. His professional practice revolves around the design of interactive experience for custom electronics hardware and novel platforms. As an independent scholar researching theme parks, Bobby writes about history, technology, and fandom.

• Chapter 1: Thinking Like a Game Designer.- Chapter 2: Getting Started with Bitsy.- Chapter 3: Creating Characters for Your Game.- Chapter 4: Building an Environment with Tiles.- Chapter 5 – Building Your Game World.- Chapter 6: Exits and Endings.- Chapter 7: Story Structure.- Chapter 8: Items and Inventory.- Chapter 9: Advanced Item Actions and Variables.- Chapter 10: Level Design: Building Spaces, Designing Puzzles, and Planning Quests.- Chapter 11: Adding Sound Effects and Music.- Chapter 12: Playtesting and Publishing.- Works Cited.