Ok, now it is actually happening.
My newsletter is up with two articles and awaits your eyes and subscriptions.
I'm opening with my article on choice spaces (Essential) and FIRE (a storytelling solution). Both are fine and mercifully short.

Watching AI paint stories, unscripted. It's the quiet gaps we fill, that truly build the world. π€― #EmergentAI #NarrativeDesign
Your character's personality isn't just a list of traits; it's a force that shapes their world. We engineer scenes using the psychological triad of Selection, Evocation, and Manipulation. Hereβs how a character becomes a catalyst. #CharacterDesign #NarrativeDesign
Ok, now it is actually happening.
My newsletter is up with two articles and awaits your eyes and subscriptions.
I'm opening with my article on choice spaces (Essential) and FIRE (a storytelling solution). Both are fine and mercifully short.
Are you looking at my workshop and thinking I'm gonna tell you basic tips?
I wrote a thesis on absurd games. When I say esoteric and weird I mean parabolic structures, actual LN, spirals, etc.
Check the thesis. That's about 8 out of my 10
all-worms.itch.io/absurd-games
v2 has arrived one week late, but with a ton of new features, a complete redesign of website and #LSDE as well as the LSDEDE engine
Trial versions have been reset
Check the new official Discord for changelog
Have fun!
youtu.be/EKJFqE0Zjis
Every time I look at itch dashboard it pleases me to see that someone has checked out my ink templates. Haven't said anything about them in a couple years and people still find them.
This is them btw. They do be free.
Wrapping up my #narrativedesign lectures on gumroad with Strangened Narratives!
This course was experimental and features wild stuff including a whole lecture on endings so frequently forgotten.
An online workshop version of this is currently running too!
Join our webinar on advanced dialogue tree design! Happening TODAY, live on Discordπ 5:30 PM CEST.
Free to attend, no registration. Link in the first comment π
#arcweave #interactivenarrative #gamedev #narrativedesign #webinar #seriousgames
Prototyping Video Game Narratives with Short Stories: an introduction and live course presentation
π 15 September, 17:30 Central European Time
π― Register for free here: www.eventbrite.com/e/1992750482...
Added Dialogue Design lectures to the gumroad!
As far as I know the only dialogue DESIGN framework with a focus on interactive media.
Advanced too! Advanced #narrativedesign is rare!
Use component and board variables and liberate the debugging of your Arcweave project!
We wrote a tutorial blog post to ease you into the new experience! Link in the first comment π
#gamedev #gamedesign #narrativedesign #interactive #indiedev #seriousgames
βοΈ Turn your ideas into an industry-quality game writing portfolio project! π bit.ly/4pCA7qs
π
Starts 26 September
β³ Enrolment closes 25 September
#gamewriting #narrativedesign #gamedev #gamedesign #indiedev #gamesindustry #portfolio
Prototyping Video Game Narratives with Short Stories? Let writer and narrative designer @iamleyeti.bsky.social explain in a live course presentation & discussion on September 15.
Register here β‘οΈ www.eventbrite.com/e/1992750482...
Testing out gumroad for distribution which means my narrative crash course lectures are up on gumroad too now!
Give them a go! Absolutely perfect for the beginners!
Arcweave's components grew so strong they can carry their own vars! πͺποΈ
Call component variables via arcscript to store and check character health, gold, ability scores etc.
Try them now!
#gamedev #gamedesign #narrativedesign #interactive #indiedev #seriousgames