environmental storytelling

Definitions

1. The art of conveying narrative elements through the game's environment rather than direct exposition; the method of using a space's design, objects, and subtle details to create a story that players can piece together on their own, making them active participants in the narrative.
   uncountable
2. Often used to caption images that hide a meaning which can be extracted from the environment and objects depicted in that image.
   Internet, humorous, uncountable

Examples

“Environmental storytelling is less direct⟳. Instead of explicitly describing events, environmental storytelling shows the final outcome of a sequence of events, then it invites players to make⟳ up their own⟳ stories about what happened to cause that outcome.”

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