The talk starts from a perspective that the combinatorics of a fractally branching tree very quickly gets very complicated to manage.
How do you tell stories with lots of moving, interactive parts in a way that's at all manageable?
#interactiveNarrative
How do you tell stories with lots of moving, interactive parts in a way that's at all manageable?
#interactiveNarrative
October 19, 2024 at 7:08 PM
The talk starts from a perspective that the combinatorics of a fractally branching tree very quickly gets very complicated to manage.
How do you tell stories with lots of moving, interactive parts in a way that's at all manageable?
#interactiveNarrative
How do you tell stories with lots of moving, interactive parts in a way that's at all manageable?
#interactiveNarrative
Junius defines a braided narrative as "A narrative structure made up of individual linear storylines whose progression is controlled by both independent and shared state conditions."
#interactiveNarrative #procgen
#interactiveNarrative #procgen
October 19, 2024 at 7:16 PM
Junius defines a braided narrative as "A narrative structure made up of individual linear storylines whose progression is controlled by both independent and shared state conditions."
#interactiveNarrative #procgen
#interactiveNarrative #procgen
#InteractiveNarrative Weekly👀
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🪰Time Flies - Because death is equal @timeflies.buzz
🏭Kaizen: A Factory Story - Design, Build, Optimize and get better every day (from @coincidence.games)
🔄 #TheLastofUsPartII gets new Chronological Mode
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#gamedesign #narrativedesign #gamedev
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🪰Time Flies - Because death is equal @timeflies.buzz
🏭Kaizen: A Factory Story - Design, Build, Optimize and get better every day (from @coincidence.games)
🔄 #TheLastofUsPartII gets new Chronological Mode
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#gamedesign #narrativedesign #gamedev
July 10, 2025 at 12:45 PM
#InteractiveNarrative Weekly👀
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🪰Time Flies - Because death is equal @timeflies.buzz
🏭Kaizen: A Factory Story - Design, Build, Optimize and get better every day (from @coincidence.games)
🔄 #TheLastofUsPartII gets new Chronological Mode
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#gamedesign #narrativedesign #gamedev
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🪰Time Flies - Because death is equal @timeflies.buzz
🏭Kaizen: A Factory Story - Design, Build, Optimize and get better every day (from @coincidence.games)
🔄 #TheLastofUsPartII gets new Chronological Mode
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#gamedesign #narrativedesign #gamedev
Discovered a leaked document from another planet.
Aliens studying Earth's physics papers.
They're... not impressed.
🔗 lookaway-archive.github.io/leak-worm-84...
🔑 {🌊:🌊∈🌊}
#QuantumMechanics #InteractiveNarrative #GameDev #PhilosophyOfScience #Borges
Aliens studying Earth's physics papers.
They're... not impressed.
🔗 lookaway-archive.github.io/leak-worm-84...
🔑 {🌊:🌊∈🌊}
#QuantumMechanics #InteractiveNarrative #GameDev #PhilosophyOfScience #Borges
October 14, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Discovered a leaked document from another planet.
Aliens studying Earth's physics papers.
They're... not impressed.
🔗 lookaway-archive.github.io/leak-worm-84...
🔑 {🌊:🌊∈🌊}
#QuantumMechanics #InteractiveNarrative #GameDev #PhilosophyOfScience #Borges
Aliens studying Earth's physics papers.
They're... not impressed.
🔗 lookaway-archive.github.io/leak-worm-84...
🔑 {🌊:🌊∈🌊}
#QuantumMechanics #InteractiveNarrative #GameDev #PhilosophyOfScience #Borges
really great games, Nonsense classics, I might say, on sale! #gaming #indiegame #rpg #crpg #interactivenarrative
Age of Decadence: youtu.be/SjBahD9jCEs
King of Dragon Pass: youtu.be/_EqIs09RlGc
Age of Decadence: youtu.be/SjBahD9jCEs
King of Dragon Pass: youtu.be/_EqIs09RlGc
November 8, 2023 at 10:53 AM
really great games, Nonsense classics, I might say, on sale! #gaming #indiegame #rpg #crpg #interactivenarrative
Age of Decadence: youtu.be/SjBahD9jCEs
King of Dragon Pass: youtu.be/_EqIs09RlGc
Age of Decadence: youtu.be/SjBahD9jCEs
King of Dragon Pass: youtu.be/_EqIs09RlGc
This footage is outdated now, but it gives a good idea of some of the interactions in Time in Place. As I'm gearing up for #NextFest, I'm thinking a lot about how things have improved.
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#MadeWithUnity #indiedev #indiegames #InteractiveNarrative #cozy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2U4...
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#MadeWithUnity #indiedev #indiegames #InteractiveNarrative #cozy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2U4...
Time in Place - Early Level 1 footage
YouTube video by Coffee Video Game
www.youtube.com
May 13, 2025 at 12:28 PM
This footage is outdated now, but it gives a good idea of some of the interactions in Time in Place. As I'm gearing up for #NextFest, I'm thinking a lot about how things have improved.
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#MadeWithUnity #indiedev #indiegames #InteractiveNarrative #cozy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2U4...
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#MadeWithUnity #indiedev #indiegames #InteractiveNarrative #cozy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2U4...
Deberías conocer: Brenda Laurel, diseñadora de videojuegos e investigadora estadounidense. Defensora de la diversidad e inclusión en los videojuegos y pionera en el desarrollo de la realidad virtual.
#GameDesign #InteractiveNarrative #Inclusion #UX
#GameDesign #InteractiveNarrative #Inclusion #UX
February 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Deberías conocer: Brenda Laurel, diseñadora de videojuegos e investigadora estadounidense. Defensora de la diversidad e inclusión en los videojuegos y pionera en el desarrollo de la realidad virtual.
#GameDesign #InteractiveNarrative #Inclusion #UX
#GameDesign #InteractiveNarrative #Inclusion #UX
WHAT DID MAX DO? | The Walking Dead Season 3 | EP 3
youtu.be/3LUDSAK66kQ
#WalkingDead #TelltaleGames #Max #Season3 #EP3 #ZombieSurvival #GameChoices #CharacterDevelopment #StoryDriven #InteractiveNarrative
youtu.be/3LUDSAK66kQ
#WalkingDead #TelltaleGames #Max #Season3 #EP3 #ZombieSurvival #GameChoices #CharacterDevelopment #StoryDriven #InteractiveNarrative
WHAT DID MAX DO? | The Walking Dead Season 3 | EP 3 #thewalkingdead
YouTube video by Zain Mcboss
youtu.be
May 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
WHAT DID MAX DO? | The Walking Dead Season 3 | EP 3
youtu.be/3LUDSAK66kQ
#WalkingDead #TelltaleGames #Max #Season3 #EP3 #ZombieSurvival #GameChoices #CharacterDevelopment #StoryDriven #InteractiveNarrative
youtu.be/3LUDSAK66kQ
#WalkingDead #TelltaleGames #Max #Season3 #EP3 #ZombieSurvival #GameChoices #CharacterDevelopment #StoryDriven #InteractiveNarrative
Special "Spooky Day" video is up! Dive into the eerie world of The Shrouded Isle, where you play as the Head Priest of a doomsday cult on a rainy, gloomy island. #gaming #pcgaming #interactivenarrative #theshroudedisle #indiegame youtu.be/TJJnID1gLnA
Faith, Fear, and Fate: The Shrouded Isle
Dive into the eerie world of The Shrouded Isle, where you play as the Head Priest of a doomsday cult on a rainy, gloomy island. In this interactive storytell...
youtu.be
October 30, 2023 at 8:20 AM
Special "Spooky Day" video is up! Dive into the eerie world of The Shrouded Isle, where you play as the Head Priest of a doomsday cult on a rainy, gloomy island. #gaming #pcgaming #interactivenarrative #theshroudedisle #indiegame youtu.be/TJJnID1gLnA
As the Arcjam with @game-writing.com approaches, we're giving our jammers every tool possible!
🎨 Learn how to customize your game with CSS, and make style serve story!
👉 blog.arcweave.com/how-to-custo...
#GameWriting #GameDev #InteractiveNarrative #GameDesign #IndieDev #Narrative
🎨 Learn how to customize your game with CSS, and make style serve story!
👉 blog.arcweave.com/how-to-custo...
#GameWriting #GameDev #InteractiveNarrative #GameDesign #IndieDev #Narrative
How to customize your Arcweave game using CSS
Learn how to customize your Arcweave game using CSS with this comprehensive guide to the Style Editor for a polished interactive experience.
blog.arcweave.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:12 PM
As the Arcjam with @game-writing.com approaches, we're giving our jammers every tool possible!
🎨 Learn how to customize your game with CSS, and make style serve story!
👉 blog.arcweave.com/how-to-custo...
#GameWriting #GameDev #InteractiveNarrative #GameDesign #IndieDev #Narrative
🎨 Learn how to customize your game with CSS, and make style serve story!
👉 blog.arcweave.com/how-to-custo...
#GameWriting #GameDev #InteractiveNarrative #GameDesign #IndieDev #Narrative
Face the dark side of #Telechobis, the disturbing Teletubbies knockoff. Terror, distorted nostalgia, and a nightmare you won't forget.
#GarbatronicGames #IndieGames #VisualNovel #Horror #InteractiveNarrative #GameJolt #RetroVibes #PsychoDrama
#GarbatronicGames #IndieGames #VisualNovel #Horror #InteractiveNarrative #GameJolt #RetroVibes #PsychoDrama
Game Jolt - Share your creations
gamejolt.com
July 19, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Face the dark side of #Telechobis, the disturbing Teletubbies knockoff. Terror, distorted nostalgia, and a nightmare you won't forget.
#GarbatronicGames #IndieGames #VisualNovel #Horror #InteractiveNarrative #GameJolt #RetroVibes #PsychoDrama
#GarbatronicGames #IndieGames #VisualNovel #Horror #InteractiveNarrative #GameJolt #RetroVibes #PsychoDrama
Changed up my demo style — letting the AI breathe a little.
These aren’t scripted lines — just emergent emotional dialogue running live in Unity.
Short clip coming (hopefully Monday). 🌧️
#AIEmpathy #GameDev #Unity3D #AIDevelopment #GenerativeAI #SyntheticEmotion #LLM #InteractiveNarrative
These aren’t scripted lines — just emergent emotional dialogue running live in Unity.
Short clip coming (hopefully Monday). 🌧️
#AIEmpathy #GameDev #Unity3D #AIDevelopment #GenerativeAI #SyntheticEmotion #LLM #InteractiveNarrative
October 25, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Changed up my demo style — letting the AI breathe a little.
These aren’t scripted lines — just emergent emotional dialogue running live in Unity.
Short clip coming (hopefully Monday). 🌧️
#AIEmpathy #GameDev #Unity3D #AIDevelopment #GenerativeAI #SyntheticEmotion #LLM #InteractiveNarrative
These aren’t scripted lines — just emergent emotional dialogue running live in Unity.
Short clip coming (hopefully Monday). 🌧️
#AIEmpathy #GameDev #Unity3D #AIDevelopment #GenerativeAI #SyntheticEmotion #LLM #InteractiveNarrative
Capacle also advocates for procedures giving structure to the randomness. Procedures don't dictate the storybeats, but support the narrative by facilitating the mechanical level to keep the narrative moving forward.
#interactivenarrative
#interactivenarrative
October 19, 2024 at 5:24 PM
Capacle also advocates for procedures giving structure to the randomness. Procedures don't dictate the storybeats, but support the narrative by facilitating the mechanical level to keep the narrative moving forward.
#interactivenarrative
#interactivenarrative
Nothing like playing one of my favorite videogames to prepare for a final exam ✨
#sortofcozygaming #pacifistrun
#undertale #interactivenarrative #indiegame #gaming #pixelart #nintendoswitch
#sortofcozygaming #pacifistrun
#undertale #interactivenarrative #indiegame #gaming #pixelart #nintendoswitch
April 17, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Nothing like playing one of my favorite videogames to prepare for a final exam ✨
#sortofcozygaming #pacifistrun
#undertale #interactivenarrative #indiegame #gaming #pixelart #nintendoswitch
#sortofcozygaming #pacifistrun
#undertale #interactivenarrative #indiegame #gaming #pixelart #nintendoswitch
Second #RoguelikeCelebration talk: Cezar Capacle on "Enhancing Narrative Through Randomness and Complications"
It's bringing in insights from tabletop design.
I wonder if I'll personally find this topic extremely interesting and relevant 🤔
#procgen #interactiveNarrative
It's bringing in insights from tabletop design.
I wonder if I'll personally find this topic extremely interesting and relevant 🤔
#procgen #interactiveNarrative
October 19, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Second #RoguelikeCelebration talk: Cezar Capacle on "Enhancing Narrative Through Randomness and Complications"
It's bringing in insights from tabletop design.
I wonder if I'll personally find this topic extremely interesting and relevant 🤔
#procgen #interactiveNarrative
It's bringing in insights from tabletop design.
I wonder if I'll personally find this topic extremely interesting and relevant 🤔
#procgen #interactiveNarrative
Thrilled seeing how Sora liberates and accelerates creativity (openai.com/blog/sora-fi...), anticipating when creatives turn their sights to interactive narrative (justingibbs.com/2024/03/26/g...) #SoraCreatives #InteractiveNarrative #GenAI
Generative AI unblocks creatives to discover the grammar of interactive narrative
OpenAI's Sora is making waves in Hollywood, highlighting Generative AI's potential to reinvigorate the dream of interactive narrative. Traditionally hampered by content creation costs, Generative AI f...
justingibbs.com
March 26, 2024 at 6:59 PM
Thrilled seeing how Sora liberates and accelerates creativity (openai.com/blog/sora-fi...), anticipating when creatives turn their sights to interactive narrative (justingibbs.com/2024/03/26/g...) #SoraCreatives #InteractiveNarrative #GenAI
This is inspiring thoughts about how to design systems in such a way to better communicate story--how to point to the gears in motion without being so overwhelmingly complicated that it gets lost in the noise.
#interactiveNarrative
#interactiveNarrative
October 20, 2024 at 9:53 PM
This is inspiring thoughts about how to design systems in such a way to better communicate story--how to point to the gears in motion without being so overwhelmingly complicated that it gets lost in the noise.
#interactiveNarrative
#interactiveNarrative
#InteractiveNarrative Weekly👀
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#HellMart – run a hellish supermarket
#MinistryofOrder – dystopian baby-matching sim
#PeraCoda – Disco Elysium X Istanbul
#DearMe, I was… – painterly fiction game
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❤️IDN this Week - Her Story is cleverly genius.
#gamedesign #narrativedesign #gamedev
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#HellMart – run a hellish supermarket
#MinistryofOrder – dystopian baby-matching sim
#PeraCoda – Disco Elysium X Istanbul
#DearMe, I was… – painterly fiction game
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❤️IDN this Week - Her Story is cleverly genius.
#gamedesign #narrativedesign #gamedev
Sim Games Week: Be a Clerk, Nurse and Investigator (Sort Of)
From horror supermarket to totalitarian maternity wards. Dive into life, death and memory. Plus a spotlight on Her Story, a modern classic of curiosity.
open.substack.com
July 3, 2025 at 12:56 PM
#InteractiveNarrative Weekly👀
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#HellMart – run a hellish supermarket
#MinistryofOrder – dystopian baby-matching sim
#PeraCoda – Disco Elysium X Istanbul
#DearMe, I was… – painterly fiction game
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❤️IDN this Week - Her Story is cleverly genius.
#gamedesign #narrativedesign #gamedev
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#HellMart – run a hellish supermarket
#MinistryofOrder – dystopian baby-matching sim
#PeraCoda – Disco Elysium X Istanbul
#DearMe, I was… – painterly fiction game
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❤️IDN this Week - Her Story is cleverly genius.
#gamedesign #narrativedesign #gamedev