Companions, Character Archetypes & Creating Player Bonds
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
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Narrative Design: World Building With Barks
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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How To End A Game That Never Ends
I write for Kenshi; Kenshi is a non-linear sandbox game. It’s meant to be limitless, unconstraining and completely open. Yet there are rare times when I
Continue ReadingWorld Building With NPC Dialogue
Three years ago I unexpectedly became Lo-Fi Games’ narrative designer for our huge 355 square mile open world RPG, Kenshi. Being a sandbox, there exists no
Continue ReadingThe Bare Bones Of Narrative: A Hero’s Journey
The Hero’s Journey outlines the main building blocks of pretty much all movies, books, or, for that matter, any story in general. It’s best not to
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