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Interview 1: Ash Barker Video of person being interviewed with
images and gameplay based on what is
being talked about. 2 questions to ask
are “What video game have you had
most fun with when it came to
exploring different options?” and “How
important do you think it is to give
players a variety of choices that alter
their journey? ”
Interview 2: Sam Hunt Video of person being interviewed with
images and gameplay based on what is
being talked about. 2 questions to ask
are “What video game have you had
most fun with when it came to
exploring different options?” and “How
important do you think it is to give
players a variety of choices that alter
their journey? ”
Hello, I’m Cameron and this is an introduction Waving GIF, Video Game Timeline,
to ‘Choosing Your Path in Video Games’. But Image of TX-1 Arcade Game.
what do I mean by choosing your path? I will
be as deep as I can into this topic in order to
show you just how many examples there are
from old to modern gaming and how it
influences players to keep hooked onto these
games. The first game to endorse this is the
arcade racer ‘TX-1’in 1983, but my first
example is 3 years later which actually went
through with featuring different ending
sequences for their game.
Back in 1986 where it was designed by Fukio Bubble Bobble game cover image
Mitsuji and developed by Taito, Bubble Bobble followed with gameplay, recordings of
released. This platformer focused on two the different endings.
brothers, ‘Bubby’ and ‘Bobby’ who were
turned into reptile creatures called ‘Bubble
Dragons’ and had their girlfriends stolen by
‘Baron Von Blubba’. Players were tasked with
navigating a 100-level monster cave with a
boss fight in the final level. The multiple
endings are as follows:
- Single Player Win: The game will tell the
player that the game has not truly ended and
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will hint to the player that they must complete
the game with a second player.
- Two Player Win: The game shows a happy
ending where the players are reversed back
into their human forms and reunited with
their girlfriends. This ending features a code
unlocking a faster and harder mode called
‘super mode’.
- Two Player Super Win: A second happy
ending features the defeated boss is revealed
to be the players’ parents under the control of
outside influence. Then the players are once
again reunited with their girlfriends and
changed back to human form.

This game showed different endings Comparisons of each ending side by

depending on how many players there were as side, Metroid Game Cover Image
well as how much the players committed to followed by gameplay, each Metroid
the game and how much time they invested in ending compared.
it. It was a smart way to keep players on their
game for more than one playthrough. Another
1986 game with multiple endings was
‘Metroid’ by Nintendo, which showed Samus at
the end with different suits depending on how
much time it took to complete the game, which
encouraged players to invest hours of their
time into speeding through the game to get a
new high score. I want to now give an example
of customizing the whole adventure rather
than just the ending, and my first example is a
decade later in 1996.
1996 is when the first ever Pokémon games in Covers for multiple Pokémon games,
the series were created by Satoshi Tajiri Pokémon Red and Blue gameplay,
released: Pokémon Red and Pokémon Blue. Of Videos of Pokémon learning new moves
course, they were only given these names in and evolving. Images of the 3 original
1998 for North America and Australia and in starter’s evolution process.
1999 for Europe. Before that, the first games
were released in 1996 as Pocket Monsters Red
and Pocket Monsters Green, with Pocket
Monsters Blue being released later in the year
as a special edition. The Pokémon games are
all about capturing a variety of monsters
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which are, you guessed it, called “Pokémon” or
“Pocket Monsters” in Japan. You train and level
up your monsters as they learn new moves,
abilities and even evolve them into stronger
versions of themselves. You can already
customize your gameplay experience as your
Pokémon have a maximum of 4 moves to have
a selection from, and you will have to choose
which abilities or moves to keep or replace
with new moves. Just take a look at how these
3 different Pokémon evolve throughout the
game. These 3 Pokémon are actually the
starters which the player chooses one from
near the start of the game.
Each Pokémon has their own type and these Images of Charmander, Squirtle, and
starters have the 3 basic types. The fire type: Bulbasaur. Pokémon type chart, image
Charmander, The water type: Squirtle, and the of rival in Pokémon red and blue, more
grass type, Bulbasaur. Each type has gameplay. Image of a full Pokémon
advantages or disadvantages against other team.
types, and these three types help the player
learn the basics of type advantages. Fire is
stronger against Grass, Grass is stronger
against Water, and Water is stronger against
Fire, like Rock Paper Scissors. Whoever you
choose as your starter in the game, your rival
will always pick after you and choose your
counter. For example, if you went ahead and
chose Charmander the fire type, your rival
would then choose Squirtle the water type, as
water types has an advantage over fire types.
Choosing your starter in Pokémon and the rest
of your Pokémon team which has a maximum
of 6 pocket monsters gives a lot of options and
this is how the game caters to a variety of
players and how gameplay for most of these
players in the Pokémon games differ from one
another. It encourages players to start again
with a different starter Pokémon and
Pokémon team.
From the around that time to the modern day, An image to appear of each game listed,
games were choices you make result in followed with gameplay of the genre of
different events and endings happening began game I talk about.
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to grow incredibly in terms of popularity.
Examples of these games are game series such
as Silent Hill, Resident Evil, Mass Effect,
Persona, Fallout, The Telltale Games and The
Dark Picture Anthology Games. Singular
games that fit this category are games like
Chrono Trigger, Heavy Rain, Detroit Become
Human, Undertale, The Stanley Parable, Until
Dawn, and much more that people could
potentially name. Games that allow a fully
customizable gameplay experience through
multiple weapon and class or role choices are
games series like Diablo, Pillars of Eternity,
Call of Duty, Elder Scrolls, Final Fantasy,
Baldur’s Gate, Borderlands, and many more
examples. Singular games like Shooters such
as Overwatch 2, Rainbow Six Siege and Apex
Legends, RPGs like Darkest Dungeon,
Cyberpunk 2077 and Elden Ring, and Fighters
such as The Super Smash Bros., Street Fighter
and Tekken Series.
You may be confused as I just mentioned Image of question marks, Recording of
Shooting and Fighting games on a video about eSports events and competitive
making choices within gameplay, but that does gameplay. Fighting and Shooting games.
not always mean it has to be a story-based
game. In the eSports Industry, many different
tournament players choose their own path
within competitive games such as shooting or
fighting games by choosing their own style of
play such as a fighting archetype like a zoner
that strikes with projectiles from a distance or
large grapplers that get in close and deal mass
damage, or different classes or weapons in
shooting games such as different weapons you
pick up off the ground in Battle Royales, or
classes and roles you choose in class based
shooters. You don’t necessarily need to focus
on a story or adventure for you to make
decisions within games. Why have I listed a
bunch of random games? I’m trying to make a
point of how you may have recognized at least
a few of these games, and they earn a popular
reputation because of how many different
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players can be satisfied on the same game due
to being able to play in different ways.
Going back to decision making in story games Gameplay of the telltale series, a true or
like the telltale series, what techniques are false image, a on/off image, an image of
used to change the story depending on your numbers, Image of story branching,
choice? The one used today is “Story gameplay of visual novels and rpgs.
Branching”. Story Branching is used to create
multiple endings based on the actions and
choices of the player, which gives a sense of
agency and control over the whole game. Not
only does it help improve our experience with
the playthrough, but it encourages people to
go through multiple playthroughs to discover
all alternative routes and endings to the same
story. Mechanics that could be involved
include True/False Triggers that either
triggers On/Off each decision, or an
addition/subtraction to a number in which the
sum of the number determines the ending.
I hope I was able to prove my point in this eSports event recordings, multiple
video how choosing your path within video running gameplays of different popular
games not only impacts gameplay within the games. A Thank you Image. Some
eSports Industry, but in the gaming Confetti at the end.
community as a whole. It is the reason why
countless popular games known today still
thrive with wide playerbases. This has been
my specialist subject video and I hope you
were able to enjoy from start to finish. Thank
you.