Cyberpunk 2077 Devs Break Down First-Person Storytelling

In this video we chat with Senior Cinematic Designer Paweł Ochocki and Narrative Director Igor Sarzyński about the unique challenges that come with telling a story entirely from a first-person perspective. ▶ Support Story Mode on Patreon:   / storymodeon   ▶ Twitter:   / storymodeon   ▶ Facebook:   / storymodeon   ▶ Instagram:   / storymode_on   Special Thanks: Paweł Ochocki - Senior Cinematic Designer (Twitter:   / vithren  ) Igor Sarzyński - Narrative Director 00:00:00 - Start 00:02:06 - What does your job entail? 00:03:36 - The Witcher 3 clip - conventional cinematics 00:08:16 - Why do First Person Perspective? 00:12:38 - Building on other FPP storytelling language 00:15:10 - "We want the player to be an actor in the scene" 00:17:51 - "noise vs. signal" - conveying information to players 00:19:26 - How you direct player attention 00:23:25 - Creating "tiers" of player freedom 00:26:19 - Guiding the player to create interesting visual frames 00:30:54 - The "Half-year montage" 00:32:34 - Starting "The Heist" Mission / Discussing this film-theater-hybrid mode of storytelling 00:35:29 - An example of "forcing" players to naturally stand in a spot 00:37:37 - Tons of invisible choices 00:39:25 - Challenges of making the player feel inside the body of V 00:41:18 - Creating "body presence" 00:43:26 - Giving the FPP camera parallax to simulate head turning 00:46:35 - Creating continuity is the most expensive thing 00:50:13 - The tension that comes with a "long take" style 00:51:31 - "Body presence" example 00:54:59 - "Immersion multiplies everything." 00:59:51- What they're learning from watching playthroughs 01:01:06 - Tiny choices that let players express themselves 01:06:55 - What are your biggest takeaways? 01:09:48 - The future of FPP Founder-level Patrons Sharon Fagen Arne Meyer Kunal Nayyar Story Mode Team Michael Tucker (  / michaeltuckerla  ) Brian Bitner (  / brianbitner  ) Alex Calleros (  / alex_calleros  ) Vince Major (  / vincemajor  ) Wyatt Strain (  / wyattari  ) Featuring the song: “Detached” by Emil Rottmayer Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/7cxBKV... SoundCloud:   / detached-ep