Storytelling Across Worlds

Tom Dowd is a 25-year veteran of paper and video game design and world building. He is the co-creator of the celebrated Shadowrun role-playing game which spawned a series of cross-media computer games, novels, board games, and comic books. He is a working game designer and currently teaches game development and transmedia at Columbia College Chicago.

Don't restrict your creative property to one media channel. Make the essential leap to transmedia!

Preface, Part 1 One Story , Chapter 1 Understanding Transmedia Storytelling, Chapter 2 Worldbuilding and Key Story, Chapter 3 Storytelling and Narrative Continuity, Part 2 Many Media, Chapter 4 Motion Pictures and Visual Storytelling, Chapter 5 Television and Serialized Storytelling, Chapter 6 Video Games and Interactive Storytelling, Chapter 7 Other Forms of Storytelling, Chapter 8 Choosing Properties and Forms, Part 3 Managing the Story, Chapter 9 Managing the Transmedia Property, Chapter 10 The Transmedia Intellectual Property Bible, Part 4 End Matters , Chapter 11 Wrap Up, APPENDIX A Motion Picture Platform Bible, APPENDIX B Television Platform Bible, APPENDIX C Video Game Platform Bible, APPENDIX D Platform Bibles for Other Forms of Storytelling, APPENDIX E Sample Trademark Licensing Agreement, APPENDIX F - The Producer's Guild of America Code of Credits Definition of Transmedia Producer, APPENDIX G - Suggested Readings