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Interactive Storyboarding for Visual Novels
Plan your branching narratives with confidence in this practical course on interactive storyboarding for visual novels. You'll learn how to organize player choices, camera angles, character placement, and scene pacing into clear storyboards that support engaging gameplay and meaningful storytelling. By combining cinematic storytelling techniques with interactive game design principles, you'll create structured storyboards that improve narrative flow and player immersion. Through hands-on planning exercises, you'll develop efficient workflows for mapping dialogue, alternate story paths, and scene transitions, making it easier to communicate ideas and guide both solo and team-based game development projects.
Skill Level
Beginner
Purpose
A first introduction to breaking a simple script into basic dialogue and scene blocks before any storyboarding begins.
What You Will Learn
- Learn how to break down a short script into dialogue and scene blocks, practicing on one simple branching moment
Outcome
You'll be able to break a simple script down into clear dialogue and scene blocks.
$ 200.00
Skill Level
Intermediate
Purpose
Builds on scene blocking by visualizing branching story paths and the alternate outcomes a player's choices create.
What You Will Learn
- Practice visualizing branching story paths and alternate outcomes, and begin placing characters and camera within each scene
Outcome
You'll be able to storyboard a simple branching sequence with multiple player choice outcomes.
$ 375.00
Skill Level
Advanced
Purpose
Refines camera and character placement across scenes, using quick sketching and layout tools to plan a clearer visual flow.
What You Will Learn
- Study how to place characters and camera dynamically in each scene, and practice using quick sketching and layout tools to plan visual flow
Outcome
You'll be able to plan dynamic camera and character placement across a more complex branching storyboard.
$ 450.00
Skill Level
Expert
Purpose
The complete storyboarding course, producing clean, organized storyboards ready to guide a solo or team-based game development project.
What You Will Learn
- Work through the complete curriculum on scene blocking, branching story paths, camera and character placement, and layout planning, applying every concept to one complete branching storyboard sequence that maps dialogue, alternate story paths, and scene transitions for a short interactive scene
Outcome
You'll finish with one complete, organized storyboard sequence and the workflow to plan branching narratives for solo or team game development.