Meaning of environmental storytelling | Babel Free

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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