How video games turn players into storytellers | David Cage

Prevodilac: Aleksandra Ristic Lektor: Ivana Korom

The way we tell stories has naturally changed

Način na koji pričamo priče se prirodnim putem menjao

since Aristotle defined the rules of tragedy

još otkad je Aristotel definisao pravila tragedije

about 2,500 years ago.

pre oko 2 500 godina.

According to him,

Po njemu,

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

priče treba da imitiraju život i nateraju nas da osetimo različite emocije.

And that's exactly what storytelling as we know it

I upravo to je ono što pripovedanje

has done very well since then.

vrlo dobro radi još od tada.

But there is a dimension of life

Ali postoji jedna životna dimenzija,

that storytelling could never really reproduce.

koju priče nikad nisu mogle da prikažu.

It is the notion of choices.

U pitanju je koncepcija donošenja odluka.

Choices are a very important part of our lives.

Odluke su veoma važan deo našeg života.

We as individuals are defined by the choices we make.

Svi mi smo definisani odlukama koje donosimo.

Some of our decisions can have very significant consequences

Neke naše odluke mogu imati značajne posledice

and totally change the courses of our lives.

i mogu u potpunosti promeniti naše živote.

But in a play, a novel or a film,

Ali u predstavama, romanima i filmovima

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

pisci već unapred donose sve odluke za sve likove,

and as the audience,

i mi, kao publika,

we can only watch, passively,

jedino što možemo je da pasivno gledamo

the consequences of his decisions.

posledice njihovih odluka.

As a storyteller, I've always been fascinated

Kao pripovedača, uvek me je fascinirala

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

ideja uvođenja ovog fenomena u fikciju.

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

Moj san je da stavim publiku na mesto glavnih heroja

let them make their own decisions,

i dozvolim im da sami odlučuju,

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

i samim tim im omogućim da sami ispričaju svoje priče.

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

Poslednjih 20 godina sam proveo u traženju načina da to uradim.

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

Danas bih želeo da vas upoznam sa novim načinom pripovedanja,

a way that has interactivity at its heart.

načinom čija suština leži u interaktivnosti.

Rather than exposing the theory behind it,

Umesto objašnjavanja teorije koja se nalazi u osnovi ove metode,

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

što bi bilo abstraktno i verovatno pomalo dosadno,

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

mislim da je bolje da sprovedemo jedan mali eksperiment.

I would like you, the people here at TED,

Ja bih želeo da vi, publika TED-a,

to tell your own story.

ispričate svoju priču.

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

Zato sam doneo interaktivnu scenu koju ćemo odigrati zajedno.

I've asked Vicky --

Zamolio sam Viki -

hello, Vicky --

ćao, Viki -

to control the main character for us.

da upravlja glavnim likom umesto nas.

And your role -- you, the audience --

A vaša uloga - vas u publici -

will be to make the choices.

biće donošenje odluka.

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

Tako da Viki i ja ne znamo šta sledi,

because it will all be based on your decisions.

zato što će sve zavisiti od vaših odluka.

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

Ovo je scena iz naše sledeće igre koja se zove "Detroit: Postati čovek",

and we are in the near future,

i mi se nalazimo u bliskoj budućnosti

where technology made possible the creation of androids

gde je tehnologija omogućila stvaranje androida

that look exactly like human beings.

koji izgledaju identično kao ljudska bića.

We are in the shoes of this character called Connor,

Mi se nalazimo u ulozi lika koji se zove Konor,

who is an android,

on je android

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

i veoma je spretan sa novčićima, kao što možete da vidite.

He has this blue triangle on this chest,

On ima plavi trougao na grudima,

as all androids do,

kao i svi ostali androidi,

and now Vicky is in control of this character.

i sada Viki njime upravlja.

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

Ona može da ide bilo kuda, može da razgleda,

she can interact with her environment,

da komunicira sa svojom okolinom,

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

i donoseći odluke, ona može da ispriča svoju priču.

So here we have our first choice.

I evo naše prve odluke.

There is a fish on the ground.

Imamo ribu na podu.

What should we do?

Šta treba da radimo?

Should we save it or should we leave it?

Da li da je spasemo ili da je ostavimo tu?

Remember, we are under time pressure,

Zapamtite, vreme nam ističe,

so we'd better be fast.

tako da treba da budemo brzi.

What should we do?

Šta da radimo?

Audience: Save it!

Publika: Da je spasemo!

David Cage: Save it? Save the fish?

Dejvid Kejdž: Da spasemo ribu?

(Video) (Fish plops)

(Video) (Pljusak vode)

DC: There we go.

DK: Eto je.

OK, we have an android who likes animals.

OK, dakle imamo androida koji voli životinje.

OK, let's move on.

OK, idemo dalje.

Remember, we have a hostage situation.

Setite se, imamo situaciju sa taocem.

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

(Video) Žena: Molim vas, morate da spasete moju malu devojčicu!

Wait -- you're sending an android?

Čekajte... Šaljete androida?

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

Policajac: Gospođo, moraćete da izađete.

W: You can't do that!

Ž: Ne možete to da uradite!

Why aren't you sending a real person?

Zašto ne pošaljete čoveka?

DC: OK, she's not really happy.

DK: OK, ona nije baš zadovoljna.

Her daughter's been taken hostage by an android,

Android je njenu kćerku uzeo kao taoca,

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

i naravno, ona je u stanju šoka.

Now we can continue to explore this apartment.

Nastavljamo sa istraživanjem ovog stana.

We see all the SWAT forces in place.

Vidimo da je ceo SWAT tim na mestu.

But we need to find this Captain Allen first.

Ali prvo treba da nađemo Kapetana Alena.

That's the first thing we need to do.

To je prva stvar koju treba uraditi.

So, again, we can go anywhere.

Dakle, možemo da se krećemo bilo kuda.

Vicky's still in control of the character.

Viki i dalje upravlja likom.

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

Da vidimo - izgleda da je ovo Kapetan Alen na telefonu.

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

(Video) Konor: Kapetane Alen, moje ime je Konor.

I'm the android sent by CyberLife.

Ja sam android poslat iz CyberLife-a.

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

Kapetan Alen: Pucaj u sve što se kreće.

It already shot down two of my men.

Već je ubio dvoje mojih ljudi.

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

Lako ga možemo uhvatiti, ali oni su na ivici balkona -

it if falls,

ukoliko on padne,

she falls.

pašće i ona sa njim.

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

DK: Dakle, hajde da rešimo šta ćemo da pitamo kapetana.

What should be our choice?

Šta da izaberemo?

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

Ime otmičara? Njegovo ponašanje? Emocionalno stanje?

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

(Video) K: Da li je nedavno preživeo emocionalni šok?

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

Kapetan A: Nemam predstavu. Da li je to bitno?

C: I need information to determine the best approach.

K: Treba mi informacija, da bih našao najbolji pristup.

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

DK: OK, drugi izbor. Možda uspemo da saznamo nešto.

What should we choose?

Šta biramo?

Audience: Behavior.

Publika: Ponašanje.

DC: OK, deviant behavior, Vicky.

DK: Ok, biramo ponašanje, Viki.

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

(Video) K: Da li se otmičar pre ovoga čudno ponašao?

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

Kapetan A: Slušaj... najbitnije je spasiti dete.

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

DK: OK, očigledno je da nam ovaj lik ne može pomoći.

We need to do something.

Moramo da uradimo nešto.

Let's try to go back in the lobby.

Hajde da probamo da se vratimo u hol.

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

Čekaj... Viki, tamo je neka soba sa tvoje desne strane, čini mi se.

Maybe there's something we can learn here.

Možda možemo tamo da saznamo nešto.

Oh, there's a tablet.

Tu je tablet.

Let's have a look.

Hajde da pogledamo.

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

(Video) Devojka: Ovo je Danijel, najbolji android na svetu.

Say "Hi," Daniel.

Danijele, kaži "zdravo".

Daniel: Hello!

Danijel: Zdravo!

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

Ti si moj najbolji drug, bićemo nerazdvojni.

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

DK: To je samo jedan od načina igranja "scena",

but there are many other ways of playing it.

pored ovoga ima ih još mnogo različitih.

Depending on the choices you make,

Zavisno od vaših odluka,

we could have seen many different actions,

mogli smo da vidimo različite korake,

many different consequences,

sa različitim posledicama,

many different outcomes.

i različitim ishodima.

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

Ovo vam daje predstavu o tome šta znači raditi kao interaktivni pisac.

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

Dok linearni pisac mora da vodi računa o vremenu i mestu,

as an interactive writer,

kao interaktivni pisac,

I need to deal with time, space and possibilities.

ja moram da vodim računa o vremenu, mestu i mogućim ishodima.

I have to manage massive tree structures,

Moram da upravljam ogromnim razgranatim strukturama,

where each branch is a new variation of the story.

u kojima svaka linija predstavlja jednu od varijacija priče.

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

Treba da razmišljam o svim mogućnostima u datoj sceni

and try to imagine everything that can happen.

i da zamislim sve što može da se desi.

I need to deal with thousands and thousands of variables,

Treba da se bavim hiljadama i hiljadama promenljivih,

conditions and possibilities.

uslova i opcija.

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

Kao posledica, tekstovi poput ovog mogu biti između 4 i 5 hiljada stranica,

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

dok filmski tekst ima oko sto strana.

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

Tako da možete da predstavite kako ovaj posao izgleda.

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

Ali ipak, na kraju krajeva, ovo je jedinstveno iskustvo,

because it is the result of the collaboration

jer predstavlja rezultat saradnje

between a writer creating this narrative landscape

između pisca, koji piše narativ

and the player making his own decisions,

i igrača, koji donosi svoje odluke,

telling his own story and becoming the cowriter

priča sopstvenu priču i postaje saučesnik pisca,

but also the coactor and the codirector of the story.

ali i saigrač, kao i pomoćnik režisera.

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

Interaktivno pripovedanje je revolucija u načinu pričanja priča.

With the emergence of new platforms like interactive television,

S pojavom novih platformi kao što je interaktivna televizija,

virtual reality and video games,

virtualna realnost i video igre,

it can become a new form of entertainment

ono može da postane novi oblik zabave,

and maybe even a new form of art.

a možda čak i umetnosti.

I am convinced that in the coming years,

Siguran sam da ćemo, u narednim godinama,

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

moći da vidimo sve više i više dirljivih i značajnih interaktivnih iskustava,

created by a new generation of talents.

koje stvara nova generacija talenata.

This is a medium waiting for its Orson Welles

Ovo je medijum koji čeka svog Orsona Velsa

or its Stanley Kubrick,

ili Stenlija Kubrika,

and I have no doubt that they will soon emerge

i ja ne sumnjam da će se oni uskoro pojaviti

and be recognized as such.

i biti prepoznati.

I believe that interactive storytelling can be

Verujem da interaktivno pripovedanje može da bude

what cinema was in the 20th century:

to što je film bio u 20.veku:

an art that deeply changes its time.

umetnost, koja dubinski menja svoje vreme.

Thank you.

Hvala vam.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)