Attachment and character archetypes of Skyrim's recruitable companions

Companions, Character Archetypes & Creating Player Bonds

By Natalie Mikkelson Posted On February 1, 2021 Indie Guides, Writing For Games No Comments

In this article, I’m turning my back on the main protagonists who usually bask in the limelight of our stories and our conversations. Because today I’m

Key Ingredients To Writing Compelling Video Game Characters

By Natalie Mikkelson Posted On October 25, 2020 Indie Guides, Writing For Games No Comments

One of the biggest struggles of narrative design is creating strong characters when they have such limited showtime and script. Movies and cinematic cutscenes give writers

Narrative Design: World Building With Barks

By Natalie Mikkelson Posted On May 14, 2020 Indie Guides, Writing For Games No Comments

Barks: What are they? Barks are the Tourette’s-like bouts of disconnected dialogue that NPCs so love to blurt out, often out of nowhere. In theory they

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