How video games turn players into storytellers | David Cage

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The way we tell stories has naturally changed

Način na koji pričamo priče promijenio se

since Aristotle defined the rules of tragedy

od vremena kad je Aristotel definirao pravila tragedije

about 2,500 years ago.

prije otprilike 2 500 godina.

According to him,

Po njemu,

the role of storytelling is to mimic life and make us feel emotions.

priče trebaju oponašati stvarni život i u nama pobuditi emocije.

And that's exactly what storytelling as we know it

Priče kakve do sad poznajemo

has done very well since then.

dobro su ispunjavale tu zadaću.

But there is a dimension of life

Međutim, jedan aspekt života

that storytelling could never really reproduce.

priče nisu mogle prenijeti,

It is the notion of choices.

a to je sloboda izbora.

Choices are a very important part of our lives.

Donošenje odluka važan je dio naših života.

We as individuals are defined by the choices we make.

Kao pojedince, određuju nas odluke koje donesemo.

Some of our decisions can have very significant consequences

Neke odluke mogu nositi ozbiljne posljedice

and totally change the courses of our lives.

i potpuno promijeniti naš životni put.

But in a play, a novel or a film,

Ipak, u predstavi, romanu ili na filmu

the writer makes all the decisions in advance for the characters,

pisci unaprijed donose sve odluke,

and as the audience,

a mi kao publika

we can only watch, passively,

možemo samo pasivno promatrati

the consequences of his decisions.

posljedice njihovih izbora.

As a storyteller, I've always been fascinated

Kao pisca, uvijek me oduševljavala

with the idea of recreating this notion of choices in fiction.

ideja da u književnosti reproduciram proces donošenja odluka.

My dream was to put the audience in the shoes of the main protagonists,

Moj je san bio staviti publiku u perspektivu glavnog lika,

let them make their own decisions,

omogućiti im da sami donose odluke

and by doing so, let them tell their own stories.

i tako im omogućiti stvaranje vlastitih priča.

Finding a way to achieve this is what I did in the past 20 years of my life.

Posljednjih 20 godina uložio sam u ostvarenje ove ideje.

Today, I would like to introduce you to this new way of telling stories,

Danas, predstavljam vam taj novi način pričanja priča

a way that has interactivity at its heart.

temeljen na interaktivnosti.

Rather than exposing the theory behind it,

Umjesto da vam pojašnjavam kako funkcionira u teoriji,

which could have been kind of abstract and probably a little bit boring,

što bi bilo apstraktno i vjerojatno pomalo dosadno,

I thought it would be a great opportunity to do a little experiment.

činilo mi se kao odlična prilika za provođenje malog eksperimenta.

I would like you, the people here at TED,

Volio bih da vi, publika na TED-u,

to tell your own story.

ispričate svoju priču.

So I came with an interactive scene that we are going to play together.

Zajedno ćemo odigrati jednu interaktivnu scenu.

I've asked Vicky --

Zamolio sam Vicky...

hello, Vicky --

Pozdrav, Vicky...

to control the main character for us.

da za nas upravlja glavnim likom.

And your role -- you, the audience --

Vaša uloga, uloga publike

will be to make the choices.

donošenje je odluka.

So Vicky and I don't know what's going to happen,

Vicky i ja ne znamo što će se dogoditi

because it will all be based on your decisions.

jer će se sve odvijati u skladu s vašim odlukama.

This scene comes from our next game, called "Detroit: Become Human,"

Scena pripada našoj nadolazećoj igrici: "Detroit: Become Human".

and we are in the near future,

Nalazimo se u bliskoj budućnosti

where technology made possible the creation of androids

gdje je napredak tehnologije omogućio stvaranje androida,

that look exactly like human beings.

koji u potpunosti nalikuju ljudskim bićima.

We are in the shoes of this character called Connor,

Nalazimo se u tijelu lika pod imenom Connor,

who is an android,

androida,

and he can do very fancy things with coins, as you can see.

koji, kao što vidite, vješto barata novčićima.

He has this blue triangle on this chest,

Na prsima ima plavi trokut,

as all androids do,

kao i ostali androidi.

and now Vicky is in control of this character.

Vicky sada kontrolira njegov lik.

She can walk around, she can go anywhere, she can look around,

Može hodati uokolo, može ići gdje želi, razgledavati,

she can interact with her environment,

dodirivati predmete u okolini,

and now she can tell her own stories by making choices.

može izgraditi vlastitu priču donošenjem odluka.

So here we have our first choice.

Evo nam prve odluke.

There is a fish on the ground.

Na podu se nalazi riba.

What should we do?

Što ćemo učiniti?

Should we save it or should we leave it?

Hoćemo li je spasiti ili ostaviti?

Remember, we are under time pressure,

Zapamtite, vrijeme nam istječe,

so we'd better be fast.

trebamo brzo reagirati.

What should we do?

Što ćemo napraviti?

Audience: Save it!

Publika: Spasiti!

David Cage: Save it? Save the fish?

David Cage: Spasiti? Spasiti ribu?

(Video) (Fish plops)

(VIdeo) (Riba bačena u akvarij)

DC: There we go.

DC: Eto ga.

OK, we have an android who likes animals.

U redu, naš android voli životinje.

OK, let's move on.

Nastavimo.

Remember, we have a hostage situation.

U pitanju je talačka kriza.

(Video) Woman: Please, please, you've got to save my little girl!

(Video) Žena: Molim vas, spasite mi kćer!

Wait -- you're sending an android?

Što... šaljete androida?

Officer: All right, ma'am, you need to go.

Policajac: Gospođo, morate izaći.

W: You can't do that!

Ž: Ne možete!

Why aren't you sending a real person?

Zašto ne šaljete ljudsko biće?

DC: OK, she's not really happy.

DC: Uzrujana je.

Her daughter's been taken hostage by an android,

Android joj drži kćer kao taoca

and of course, she's in a state of shock.

pa je, naravno, u stanju šoka.

Now we can continue to explore this apartment.

Sada možemo nastaviti razgledavati stan.

We see all the SWAT forces in place.

Vidimo specijalne jedinice na pozicijama,

But we need to find this Captain Allen first.

ali moramo pronaći zapovjednika Allena.

That's the first thing we need to do.

To je prvo što moramo napraviti.

So, again, we can go anywhere.

Ponavljam, možemo se kretati bilo gdje.

Vicky's still in control of the character.

Vicky i dalje upravlja likom.

Let's see -- oh, I think this is Captain Allen. He's on the phone.

Da vidimo, možda je ovo zapovjednik Allen, na telefonu.

(Video) Connor: Captain Allen, my name is Connor.

(Video) Connor: Zapovjedniče Allen, ja sam Connor,

I'm the android sent by CyberLife.

android poslan iz CyberLifea.

Captain Allen: Let's fire at everything that moves.

Zapovjednik: Pucajmo na sve što se pomakne.

It already shot down two of my men.

Već je ustrijelio dva policajca.

We could easily get it, but they're on the edge of the balcony --

Svladali bismo ga bez problema, ali na rubu su balkona.

Ako padne,

it if falls,

she falls.

past će i ona.

DC: OK, now we need to decide what we want to ask the captain.

DC: U redu, moramo odlučiti što ćemo pitati zapovjednika.

What should be our choice?

Što ćemo odabrati?

Deviant's name? Deviant's behavior? Emotional shock?

Ime, ponašanje, šok?

(Video) C: Has it experienced an emotional shock recently?

(Video) C: Je li nedavno doživio kakav emocionalni šok?

Capt A: I haven't got a clue. Does it matter?

Z: Nemam pojma. Zar je bitno?

C: I need information to determine the best approach.

C: Trebam informacije da odredim najbolji pristup.

DC: OK, a second choice. Maybe we can learn something.

DC: Evo ga, druga odluka. Možda otkrijemo nešto.

What should we choose?

Što ćemo odabrati?

Audience: Behavior.

Publika: Ponašanje.

DC: OK, deviant behavior, Vicky.

DC: U redu, ponašanje.

(Video) C: Do you know if it's been behaving strangely before this?

(Video) C: Znate li je li se već prije čudno ponašao?

Capt A: Listen ... saving that kid is all that matters.

Z: Slušajte me dobro... Važno je samo spasiti to dijete!

DC: OK, we are not going to learn anything from this guy.

DC: U redu, od njega nećemo ništa saznati.

We need to do something.

Moramo nešto poduzeti.

Let's try to go back in the lobby.

Pokušajmo se vratiti u predvorje.

Oh, wait -- there's a room over there on your right, Vicky, I think.

Čekaj, Vicky, na desno je soba.

Maybe there's something we can learn here.

Možda nešto otkrijemo.

Oh, there's a tablet.

Vidite, tablet.

Let's have a look.

Pogledajmo.

(Video) Girl: This is Daniel, the coolest android in the world.

(Video) Djevojčica: Ovo je Daniel, najbolji android na svijetu.

Say "Hi," Daniel.

Reci "bok", Daniel.

Daniel: Hello!

Daniel: Bok!

G: You're my bestie, we'll always be together!

Dj: Ti si moj najbolji prijatelj, zauvijek.

DC: That was just one way of playing the scenes,

DC: Ovo je tek jedan od mogućih sljedova,

but there are many other ways of playing it.

ali postoji mnoštvo drugih.

Depending on the choices you make,

Ovisno o donesenim odlukama,

we could have seen many different actions,

mogli smo vidjeti različite postupke,

many different consequences,

različite posljedice,

many different outcomes.

različite završetke.

So that gives you an idea of what my work is about as an interactive writer.

Ovime ste dobili sliku mog posla kao interaktivnog spisatelja.

Where a linear writer needs to deal with time and space,

Pisci koji pišu linearno vode računa o vremenu i prostoru.

as an interactive writer,

Ja se, kao interaktivni pisac,

I need to deal with time, space and possibilities.

moram nositi s vremenom, prostorom i mogućnostima.

I have to manage massive tree structures,

Moram baratati ogromnim krošnjastim strukturama

where each branch is a new variation of the story.

gdje je svaka grana jedna varijanta priče.

I need to think about all the possibilities in a given scene

Moram razmišljati o svim mogućnostima određene scene

and try to imagine everything that can happen.

i pokušati zamisliti sve moguće događaje.

I need to deal with thousands and thousands of variables,

Moram se nositi s tisućama i tisućama varijabli,

conditions and possibilities.

uvjeta i mogućnosti.

As a consequence, where a film script is about 100 pages,

Stoga, dok filmski scenarij ima stotinjak stranica,

an interactive script like this is between four and five thousand pages.

interaktivni scenarij poput ovoga ima 4-5 tisuća stranica.

So that gives you an idea of what this work is about.

Ovime ste mogli dobiti temeljnu sliku ovog posla,

But I think, in the end, the experience is very unique,

ali, na kraju krajeva, to je jedinstveno iskustvo

because it is the result of the collaboration

jer je rezultat suradnje

between a writer creating this narrative landscape

pisca koji je stvorio taj narativni svijet,

and the player making his own decisions,

i igrača koji donoseći odluke,

telling his own story and becoming the cowriter

priča svoju vlastitu priču i pretvara se u suautora,

but also the coactor and the codirector of the story.

ali i u jednog od likova i režisera.

Interactive storytelling is a revolution in the way we tell stories.

Interaktivnost je revolucija u načinu na koji pričamo priče.

With the emergence of new platforms like interactive television,

Pojavom novih platformi,

interaktivnih televizijskih programa, virtualne stvarnosti i video igrica,

virtual reality and video games,

it can become a new form of entertainment

može postati novi oblik zabave,

and maybe even a new form of art.

možda čak i nova vrsta umjetnosti.

I am convinced that in the coming years,

Uvjeren sam da ćemo u narednim godinama

we will see more and more moving and meaningful interactive experiences,

vidjeti sve više i više dirljivih i značajnih interaktivnih iskustava

created by a new generation of talents.

koje će kreirati nova generacija mladih talenata.

This is a medium waiting for its Orson Welles

Ovaj medij čeka na svog Orsona Wellesa

or its Stanley Kubrick,

ili Stanleyja Kubricka,

and I have no doubt that they will soon emerge

a ja vjerujem da samo što se nisu pojavili

and be recognized as such.

i zauzeli svoju poziciju.

I believe that interactive storytelling can be

Vjerujem da interaktivne priče mogu imati važnost

what cinema was in the 20th century:

koju je za 20. stoljeće imala kinematografija,

an art that deeply changes its time.

umjetnost koja će dovesti do promjena.

Thank you.

Hvala Vam.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)