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By Droid Slots Narratives at Mobile Casinos A quick summary of a gamification technique

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Droid Slots

Narratives at Mobile CasinosA quick summary of a

gamification technique

What are narratives?

What are narratives?

A narrative is the story-line that

you follow as you play at a

casino.

What are narratives?

Narratives can greatly improve

your enjoyment of a casino.

What are narratives?

Instead of treating each game

as an isolated entity,

narratives tie all of the games

at a casino together.

Casino Room’s space adventure

Casino Room’s space adventure

• As you play games and gain

points, you travel through

space to different planets.

• Space-themed language

and imagery helps to tell the

story.

Casino Room’s space adventure

When you arrive at each

planet, you’ll be rewarded

for your progress with free

spins or extra cash.

The Casumo Adventure

The Casumo Adventure

Be transported to a parallel

universe with weird and wonderful

places like ‘The Stonery on

Gabbagamma’ and the ‘Hills of

Odd’.

The Casumo Adventure

Play games to progress

through the levels and to

gain better belts, with

bigger rewards.

Narratives in Games

Narratives are not only

features of casinos as

a whole, but can be

found within games.

Narratives in Games

A simple story line, and

excellent attention to detail

in vision and sound, make

Cop the Cash 2 a joy to play.

Check it out at Pocket

Fruity.

Narratives in Games

A romance comes to life,

with excellent use of the

Ancient Egypt theme, in

Caesar and Cleopatra at

mfortune.

What makes a narrative effective?

What makes a narrative effective?

Attention to detail is always

a very pleasing feature of

story-telling, as it aids the

imagination.

What makes a narrative effective?

The simple story-lines

are often the best. It

doesn’t have to be

complicated.

What makes a narrative effective?

For instance, one of the reasons

that Cop the Cash 2 is so enjoyable

is that the root narrative is the

simple game of ‘cops and robbers’

that you may have played as a

child.

What differences are there between casino-wide narratives and game narratives?

What differences are there between casino-wide narratives and game narratives?

Game narratives tend to have these

features, while casino-wide narratives

do not:

• Sound effects and music

• Short films at the beginning of a

game that help to set the scene and

tell the story. For example, check

out Gonzo’s Quest.

How common are narratives?

How common are narratives?

Casino-wide narratives, such as

the Casumo Adventure, are not

very common, and there’s plenty

of room in the market place for

casinos to make more use of

them.

How common are narratives?

You will find that narratives within

games are common. However,

games that have really good

narratives are harder to find.

Creating a game with a great

narrative is a bit of an art.