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Game production materials -- Narrative materials

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Adapted from "Script (Narrative)" from the Taxonomy of Video Game Development Artifacts.

Found in 26 Collections and/or Records:

Andrew Nelson papers

 Collection — Box Andrew Nelson, Cyberflix papers
Identifier: NELSON
Abstract

Andrew Nelson is a writer who was the cofounder and creative director of Cyberflix, a studio that created interactive movies for computers. CyberFlix titles were developed using a proprietary authoring toolset called DreamFactory, which was meant to allow non-programmer writers and artists to design mulitmedia games.

As the lead writer at Cyberflix from 1993–1997, Nelson wrote the scripts for games including Dust: A Tale of the Wired West and Titanic: Adventure Out of Time.

Dates: 1993–1997

"Clicking Anastasia" game design proposal, 1997

 Item — Box Andrew Nelson, Cyberflix papers addendum: Series NELSON-12; Series NELSON-13
Identifier: NELSON-14
Abstract After leaving Cyberflix, Andrew Nelson developed a pitch for a web-based educational alternate reality game based on the historical mystery of the Russian princess Anastasia. Thematically, this game appears to have built on Nelson's previous work on the unproduced "Romanov Game" for Cyberflix. According to Nelson, this game concept was produced with two local web designers in Knoxville, TN, identified here under their corporate names Digital Media...
Dates: 1997

Dust: A Tale of the Wired West "Game Design 5/2/94" binder, 1994–1997

 Series — Box Andrew Nelson, Cyberflix papers addendum: Series NELSON-12; Series NELSON-13
Identifier: NELSON-12
Scope and Contents

Despite the date listed on its spine, this binder contained a variety of scripts and design documents for Dust: A Tale of the Wired West from throughout 1994, as well as materials produced during the production and post-release of Cyberflix's Titanic: Adventure Out of Time.

Dates: 1994–1997

Dust: A Tale of the Wired West game design drafts, 1994

 Item
Identifier: NELSON-12.3
Scope and Contents

This set of papers contains a variety of narrative design draft for the game Dust: A Tale of the Wired West from throughout 1994. These papers were originally stored together as a single unit; although different sections correspond to different drafts, we have presented them as-is without attempting to separate them.

Dates: 1994

"Dust" [: A Tale of the Wired West] Game Design First Draft, April 17, 1994

 Item
Identifier: NELSON-12.4
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Despite the date listed on its spine, this binder contained a variety of scripts and design documents for Dust: A Tale of the Wired West from throughout 1994, as well as materials produced during the production and post-release of Cyberflix's Titanic: Adventure Out of Time.

Dates: Issued: April 17, 1994

Dust: A Tale of the Wired West script binder, March 2, 1995

 Series
Identifier: NELSON-09
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This is a collection of production materials, memos, correspondence, scripts, press and marketing materials, press clippings, and demo software from CyberFlix Incorporated. In particular, this collection includes an extense amount of pre-production research materials and multiple draft scripts for Cyberflix's 1996 game Titanic: Adventure Out of Time, for which Andrew Nelson served as writer and producer.

Dates: March 2, 1995

Dust: A Tale of the Wired West script, Card Games, March 2, 1995

 Item
Identifier: NELSON-09.02
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This is a collection of production materials, memos, correspondence, scripts, press and marketing materials, press clippings, and demo software from CyberFlix Incorporated. In particular, this collection includes an extense amount of pre-production research materials and multiple draft scripts for Cyberflix's 1996 game Titanic: Adventure Out of Time, for which Andrew Nelson served as writer and producer.

Dates: March 2, 1995

Dust: A Tale of the Wired West script, Day 1, March 2, 1995

 Item
Identifier: NELSON-09.01
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This is a collection of production materials, memos, correspondence, scripts, press and marketing materials, press clippings, and demo software from CyberFlix Incorporated. In particular, this collection includes an extense amount of pre-production research materials and multiple draft scripts for Cyberflix's 1996 game Titanic: Adventure Out of Time, for which Andrew Nelson served as writer and producer.

Dates: March 2, 1995

Dust: A Tale of the Wired West script, Day 2, March 2, 1995

 Item
Identifier: NELSON-09.03
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This is a collection of production materials, memos, correspondence, scripts, press and marketing materials, press clippings, and demo software from CyberFlix Incorporated. In particular, this collection includes an extense amount of pre-production research materials and multiple draft scripts for Cyberflix's 1996 game Titanic: Adventure Out of Time, for which Andrew Nelson served as writer and producer.

Dates: March 2, 1995

Dust: A Tale of the Wired West script, Day 3, March 2, 1995

 Item
Identifier: NELSON-09.04
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This is a collection of production materials, memos, correspondence, scripts, press and marketing materials, press clippings, and demo software from CyberFlix Incorporated. In particular, this collection includes an extense amount of pre-production research materials and multiple draft scripts for Cyberflix's 1996 game Titanic: Adventure Out of Time, for which Andrew Nelson served as writer and producer.

Dates: March 2, 1995