A quick guide to the use of narratives, as a gamification technique, at mobile casinos. We'll focus on casino-wide narratives, such as the Casumo Adventure, and compare these with narratives within casino games. For more articles on gamification, check out: www.androidslots.co.uk

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

2. What are narratives?

3. What are narratives?
A narrative is the story-line that
you follow as you play at a
casino.

4. What are narratives?
Narratives can greatly improve
your enjoyment of a casino.

5. What are narratives?
Instead of treating each game
as an isolated entity,
narratives tie all of the games
at a casino together.

6. Casino Room’s space adventure

7. 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.

8. Casino Room’s space adventure
When you arrive at each
planet, you’ll be rewarded
for your progress with free
spins or extra cash.

9. The Casumo Adventure

10. The Casumo Adventure
Be transported to a parallel
universe with weird and wonderful
places like ‘The Stonery on
Gabbagamma’ and the ‘Hills of
Odd’.

11. The Casumo Adventure
Play games to progress
through the levels and to
gain better belts, with
bigger rewards.

12. Narratives in Games
Narratives are not only
features of casinos as
a whole, but can be
found within games.

13. 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.

14. Narratives in Games
A romance comes to life,
with excellent use of the
Ancient Egypt theme, in
Caesar and Cleopatra at
mfortune.

15. What makes a narrative effective?

16. What makes a narrative effective?
Attention to detail is always
a very pleasing feature of
story-telling, as it aids the
imagination.

17. What makes a narrative effective?
The simple story-lines
are often the best. It
doesn’t have to be
complicated.

18. 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.

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

20. 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.

21. How common are narratives?

22. 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.

23. 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.

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