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environmental storytelling

noun

Etymology

From environmental + storytelling. The phrase gained prominence as an internet meme and caption for images on Twitter in the early 2020s. (See KYM.)

  1. derived from *dol-✻ — “calculation, fraud”
  2. derived from *talą✻
  3. inherited from *taljaną✻
  4. inherited from *talljan✻
  5. inherited from tellan — “to count, tell”
  6. inherited from tellen — “to count, tell”
  7. suffixed as telling — “tell + ing”
  8. formed as storytelling — “story + telling”
  9. compounded as environmental storytelling — “environmental + storytelling”

Definitions

  1. The art of conveying narrative elements through the game's environment rather than direct…

    The art of conveying narrative elements through the game's environment rather than direct exposition; the method of using a space's design, objects, and subtle details to create a story that players can piece together on their own, making them active participants in the narrative.

  2. Accompanying a photograph or screenshot, noting that a preceding event, or sequence of…

    Accompanying a photograph or screenshot, noting that a preceding event, or sequence of events, can be easily inferred or imagined.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for environmental storytelling. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA