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Reel In Your Players With Motivation and Incentive

This is a blog post about player motivation. But first, I want to talk about project management. When I was in college for computer science, I...

December 31, 2024
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Adapting Narrative Design Patterns for Tabletop Adventure Writing

I’ve been thinking a lot about the shapes of stories, especially as IF and video game narrative designers have been mapping them for years. What does...

November 28, 2024
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A Chrono Comparison: On Writing Story Goals

Chrono Trigger is one of the greatest video game stories ever told. This is why every few years, I try to play its sequel, Chrono Cross....

August 7, 2024
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Day 20 – Job

“It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish.” For the sixth time today, Amrita’s focus spirit was cleaning the toilets. She watched as...

March 1, 2024
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Day 19 – Darkness

“Then darkness took me, and I strayed out of thought and time, and I wandered far on roads that I will not tell.” Amber had been...

February 20, 2024
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Day 18 – Folly

“Let folly be our cloak, a veil before the eyes of the Enemy.” It happened overnight. One day, just seeing a capital R in bright red...

February 20, 2024
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Day 17 – Grief

“His grief he will not forget; but it will not darken his heart, it will teach him wisdom.” The last time Faris spent a night in...

February 18, 2024
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Day 16 – Forward

“‘Go back?’ he thought. ‘No good at all! Go sideways? Impossible! Go forward? Only thing to do! On we go!’” The following is dedicated to my...

February 16, 2024
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Day 15 – Sun

“And then her heart changed, or at least she understood it; and the winter passed, and the sun shone upon her.” I promise you that it’s...

February 15, 2024
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FFF Day Fourteen: Smudge It

“A friend of mine tells that I talk in shorthand and then smudge it.” “You know how much I love your sister,” Bratwurzt said in a...

February 14, 2024
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