Eoghain Meakin
Lecturer and Researcher in game design and Narrative Designer
Eoghain Meakin is a Lecturer and Researcher in game design at Ulster University, Belfast. With a BA in English language and literature and an MA in film, his research focuses on narrative, storytelling and meaning making strategies in interactive media. He has been a member of ViRal, an industry facing VR research lab and The Writer’s Guild of Ireland. He is a co-founder of the game studio Can You Eat It?
Events featuring Eoghain Meakin
Video game structural layers for narrative design
Eoghain Meakin | Ulster University and Can You Eat It?
Eoghain Meakin discusses the structural layers present in many video games that impose and motivate the shape of any narrative within them. By outlining and understanding these layers it should help designers create effective narratives in games.
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