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#58 理想の山をなだらかに：クリエイターの心構え
Soften the Peaks of Your Expectations : A Creator's Guide

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生田美和のゲームシナリオカフェ（Game Scenario Cafe）のロゴイラスト / Logo for "Game Scenario Cafe" by Miwa Shoda. "Where stories and players connect."
November 8, 2026 at 3:42 AM
denismorozov.bsky.social
Couldn't find a starter pack for my favorite kind of game, so I made one 🔀
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Devs of narrative games where choices actually matter: branching stories, multiple endings, any genre. Reply to be added!
#indiedev #gamedev #indiegames #narrativedesign #gamewriting #choicesmatter
November 4, 2026 at 10:03 PM
primamateriagames.bsky.social
Meet Jen Lee, our co-founder and director! She wrote for brands like Meta and IKEA before moving into narrative design and game writing. She's drawn to stories about identity and fresh takes on a genre. #NarrativeDesign #GameWriting #IndieDev #QueerGameDev #QueerGameDevs
Jen, smiling in a black cap, holds up a basketball-shaped purse with the Valkyries logo and a lilac jersey-scarf tied to the handle, at a Golden State Valkyries game. She’s wearing purple team gear, and fans in purple fill the arena lounge behind her. Large lilac text on an orange background says “Meet Jen,” with smaller text: “cofounder of Prima Materia Games.
November 9, 2026 at 1:03 AM
pixeltanukigames.dev
Best person I know to get help with how to be a narrative designer and break into the games industry!

#indiedevs #womeningames #narrativedesign #indiedevelopers
atriuminteractive.bsky.social Atrium Interactive @atriuminteractive.bsky.social · 8d
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November 2, 2026 at 5:02 AM
gamedesign.gg
Lore Design & Delivery Systems

Start with the thing the player can see, then let each fact answer a question the last one raised. Otherwise lore is just a pile of proper nouns.

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#GameDesign #NarrativeDesign
Give each new fact something to attach to. Four connected stages move from concrete, present effects to abstract, past causes: meet an armored figure, a visible question; name the order, the pattern gains a term; explain the schism, the order has a history; reveal the theology, the cause arrives last. Begin with the thing the player can see. Each later fact explains an earlier question, so the model grows instead of becoming a pile of names.
November 8, 2026 at 1:07 PM
luq-studios.bsky.social
Brom doesn't sell to strangers. In Pulse Dialog an answer can have conditions and costs, so "Show me your wares." only unlocks once you know who he is. And it'll cost you 3 potions.

#UnrealEngine #GameDev #IndieDev #NarrativeDesign
The StateTree editor of a dialog with the states Greeting, Choice, AnswerWork, Remember, Trade and Farewell. Pink boxes with labels: the state Choice says "The player picks one of three answers", the answer text "Show me your wares." says "This answer", the condition Choice Selected AskWork says "Only after you asked who he is", and the cost of 3 potions says "Costs 3 potions (Pulse Core item)". Caption: "Pulse Dialog: one answer with a condition and a cost (work in progress)".
November 3, 2026 at 4:00 PM
gamedesign.gg
A scene only works if the traffic line goes past it. Framing, a reason to stop, and light are what concentrate attention long enough to land.
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#GameDesign #NarrativeDesign
A good scene still fails if the player never reads it. A top-down level plan routes a blue player path through doorway framing toward a lit story anchor beside a locked door and a pause point. Five delivery checks: put the story on the path, not merely beside it; use forced framing; give the player a reason to stop; point with light and contrast; back up critical beats with redundancy.
November 5, 2026 at 12:21 AM
fateweaverttrpg.bsky.social
Give an event what caused it and what it leads to, even when the next one is only a name so far. The graph lays the history out cause first, so a quest line's dependencies sit in one view, and anything you skipped waits on the timeline to be written.

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A guided pass headed Flesh out 2 of 3, saying these events were created from the causality just recorded and anything skipped stays on the timeline as a name: a filled title, a start of year 198 Thaw 1 with the optional end left blank, a position in history slider, and a written summary. A New event dialog with both causality fields filled: Caused by holding an event that already exists, Leads to holding one suffixed new because it has only been named, above tag, colour and player visibility controls and a Create event button. A causality graph running left to right, headed 31 events and 36 causal links, every node in frame named, the names set clear of one another above and below their nodes, and links running in from the left edge and off the right. The chronicle as a reading list under a row of eight tag filter chips, entries banded by era with the era name and its year range on the band, each entry carrying a date, a paragraph, its participants with their roles, and its causal links as chips underneath.
November 8, 2026 at 9:00 PM
tarinoi.bsky.social
Wrapping up our latest feature, based on some great feedback from our test users. Just a teaser for now 🖋️

Next up, AdventureX!

#tooldev #gamedev #narrativedesign #gamewriting #indiedev
tarinoi's latest feature, which looks a bit like a script. more to come later.
October 30, 2026 at 3:38 PM
arcweave.com
😵‍💫 Busy boards?

🛠️ Now drag your connection paths around elements instead of through them. Your flow stays clean and easy to read and build on.

Read how to edit your Arcweave connections👇 Link in the first comment. #narrativedesign #gamedesign
November 2, 2026 at 12:52 PM
shodamiwa.bsky.social
#57 共鳴する開発者たち：チーム文化
When Developers Resonate : Team Culture

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生田美和のゲームシナリオカフェ（Game Scenario Cafe）のロゴイラスト / Logo for "Game Scenario Cafe" by Miwa Shoda. "Where stories and players connect."
October 30, 2026 at 4:01 PM
fateweaverttrpg.bsky.social
The lore bible as an actual document. Export the whole world or chosen maps to PDF or DOCX, the chronicle in date order with causes and who was there. Run it player safe and anything hidden drops out, so the copy for marketing can't spoil the twist.

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The same stretch of an exported PDF run Player safe, again numbered 48 and 49, with two events gone from the second page and the later entries moved up to fill the gap. Two facing pages of an exported PDF, numbered 48 and 49, holding chronicle entries under invented calendar dates running from year 197 into 199, each heading a date then a colon then the event, with a paragraph of prose and then its participants with their roles, its locations, what it leads to, what caused it and its tags. An export dialog headed Export as Narrative Document: format PDF, DOCX or Both, visibility Owner or Player safe, a Source Book theme, a serif font, embedded images, a scope of whole collection or selected maps, seven include checkboxes with six ticked and Annotations left off, and a chronicle section switched off with three further options under it. The export dialog with scope switched to Selected maps, revealing an empty map picker outlined in red reading Choose maps to include, a line under it saying select at least one map, and Start export greyed out.
November 7, 2026 at 9:00 PM
dean-ravenola.bsky.social
Join us at #LosAngelesComicCon on Saturday, Oct 31st! I’ll be chatting with #Neopets Senior Artist Joshua Wysocki in a panel moderated by Narrative Designer Hannah Manikowski. We even have a few prizes to give out to audience members during the panel. Hope to see you there! #LACC #NarrativeDesign
Neopets panel information about Los Angeles comic con 2026 panel - Neopets: Navigating Adding Lore to a 27 year old site. Panelist are Dean Ravenola (Narrative Director) and Joshua Wysocki (Senior Artist), and the moderator is Hannah Manikowski. The Panel is Saturday, Oct 31st in Room 308 AB from 2:30-3:20 pm.
October 30, 2026 at 5:45 AM
arcweave.com
🎧 Get more control over your story's #audio 🔊

✅ Per audio asset: set default Volume and Fade In/Out.
✅ Per element: tweak fades & volume, add delays, and auto-stop on exit.
✅ Reset anything with one click.

Read how 👇 #GameDev #NarrativeDesign #Interactive #Storytelling
October 26, 2026 at 2:49 PM
shodamiwa.bsky.social
Got my new glasses. When my hubby came back, I asked, "Look! The glasses we chose are here! How do I look?" He glanced and said, "I prefer the old ones." "Excuse me?!" (in a sharp detective tone) "Uh, wait..." Instantly, he realized he messed up.
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shodamiwa.bsky.social 生田美和 | Miwa Shoda @shodamiwa.bsky.social · 14d
新しい眼鏡を受け取った日のこと。「ただいまー」と帰ってきたダーリンに「ダーリン、おかえりなさい！一緒に決めた新しい眼鏡きましたよ！どうでしょう？」と尋ねると、こちらを見るなり一言。「前のがいいな」「はいー？（杉下右京さん上がり↑）」「あ、いや……」瞬時にヤバいと悟るダーリン。
October 26, 2026 at 3:23 PM
shodamiwa.bsky.social
Maybe humans are tuned to be pessimistic. We survived harsh nature by sharing worst-case scenarios, fearing injury or death. Prudence protected us when animals outmatched us. Pessimistic genes outlasted optimistic ones. We all have the "fearful" attribute.
#GameDev #NarrativeDesign #JRPGNarrative
shodamiwa.bsky.social 生田美和 | Miwa Shoda @shodamiwa.bsky.social · 15d
人類は「悲観多め」で調整済みかも？と思う。怪我をするかも、命を落とすかも……と、「悪い想像の共有」で、過酷な自然を生き延びたのなら。動物に俊敏さや強靭さで劣っても、この慎重さが身を守ったのなら。楽観より、悲観の遺伝子が残るはず。人類はみな「怖がり」という属性持ちかもしれない。
October 26, 2026 at 2:04 AM
mattwgibbs.bsky.social
Looking forward to AdventureX in less than two weeks time. I'll be attending both days as part of the co-operative I'm in, @talespinners.co.uk. If anyone would like to have a natter over a cuppa, just drop me a message or find me at the conference. #AdventureX #AdvX #gameswriting #narrativedesign
October 26, 2026 at 6:37 PM
respawnarchives.bsky.social
On this day in 2023, Alan Wake 2 was released for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. Its real innovation was making narrative form part of the mechanics, not just the mood. #AlanWake2 #GameHistory #SurvivalHorrorHistory #HorrorGameHistory #RemedyGames #GameDesignHistory #NarrativeDesign #PlayS…
October 27, 2026 at 5:00 PM
fateweaverttrpg.bsky.social
Every writer in the same bible at once. You can see who's on the map, who's in the timeline and who's halfway through which sentence of a note. Nobody works from last week's copy.

#narrativedesign #gamewriting
A note open in the map sidebar with a second person editing it: a word in the prose highlighted under a small label carrying their name, and a presence count of one in the header. A relationship map with cluster outlines and written annotations, a second person present as a cursor labelled Daniel Ortiz on the canvas, and a presence count of one in the header. A swimlane timeline with dated event cards in two lanes, and a second person present as a cursor labelled Daniel Ortiz in one of the lanes.
October 28, 2026 at 11:00 AM
pabellondelectura.bsky.social
Cecil’s redemption echoes Valjean in Les Misérables—once cast as a villain, he chooses a moral path. Highlighting that shift can deepen player empathy. ¿Has probado una historia donde los “villanos” permanecen moralmente ambiguos? #NarrativeDesign
October 25, 2026 at 9:57 PM
arcweave.com
The @game-writing.com Arcjam is back! 🎮✍️

72 hours. One theme. Hundreds of stories!

Make a short narrative game in Arcweave, solo or in a team. Free to join, all levels welcome!

📅 Starts Nov 20 - Join now! Link 👇

#GameWriting #NarrativeDesign #GameJam
On the left, the logos of Arcweave and IGDA Game Writing SIG over a half-full progress bar with the label Loading Game Jam... On the right, a cartoonish illustrator of a bird wearing glasses and typing on its laptop, with a mug of steaming coffee or tea at its side.
October 26, 2026 at 5:42 PM
shodamiwa.bsky.social
As game development progresses, we often face a "subtle disconnect" unnoticed before. It could be a menu popup or map display. These don’t bother us in quick tests, but for users playing for hours, they become deeply frustrating.
#GameDev #JRPGNarrative #NarrativeDesign
shodamiwa.bsky.social 生田美和 | Miwa Shoda @shodamiwa.bsky.social · 16d
ゲーム開発が進むと、それまで気づかなかった「僅かなズレ」が問題になることがあります。ウィンドウの出し方だったり、マップの見せ方だったり。パート単体のチェックや、1回1回のチェックでは気にならないことが、何時間も通してプレイするユーザーには耐えられないということがあるのです。
October 24, 2026 at 5:38 PM
slebrethon.bsky.social
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Tomb Raider x The Crew Motorfest : les secrets du Narrative Designer
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October 25, 2026 at 8:53 PM
fateweaverttrpg.bsky.social
Find continuity holes before a player does. Fateweaver reads the world for what doesn't add up: a value outside the options you set, a field spelled two ways, a character missing a link their role expects, a part of the world cut off from the rest.

#narrativedesign #gamewriting
Analysis suggestion cards scrolled to the attribute groups: a Value outside the declared options card where The Winter Anchorage records Charter status as Un-chartered, and a One field, spelled twice card counting one use of charter_status against three of Charter status. Below them a Disconnected clusters card listing two, one of 51 entities headed by Anseta and The Charted World on its own, a Single points of failure card listing nine links, all but one on a single map, and the top of a Groups card. Analysis suggestion cards scrolled to a Short of an expected relationship group of three: Elorra Vaneli, Narune Saluri and Amuri of Vessondo, each a Signatory with 0 of 1 expected Signatory to, from a Claim, and each card offering to open Anseta and its contracts or the entity itself. Below them the Value outside the declared options and One field, spelled twice groups, and a Disconnected clusters card listing two, one of 51 entities headed by Anseta and The Charted World on its own. The entity table with its expectations filter set to has gaps, cutting 52 entities down to the three with a gap in the relationships their tags expect. The expectations column reads one of two, none of one and one of two.
October 27, 2026 at 11:00 AM
fateweaverttrpg.bsky.social
Unreliable narrators and conflicting testimony, kept side by side. Draw a claim around each version and both stay on the map, overlapping where they disagree, with the argument in a note beside them. Canon waits until you pick.

#narrativedesign #gamedev
A relationship map zoomed into the corner where two lines labelled Contradicts meet at The Fourth Kadeni Contract, one from The Windward Winter Charter and one from Amuri of Vessondo, and a third line labelled Contradicts runs into Beraza Nemuli from the top edge. None of the three has an arrowhead at either end, while the other lines with both ends in the frame carry an arrowhead at one end. A relationship map with written annotations pinned beside the nodes they discuss, one of them a card titled Two accounts, one landfall, each several sentences long, among named nodes and typed edges, with a leader arrow pointing up at the node one of them is about. An interior relationship map, every node named, with a red and an orange claim outline crossing over two of those nodes, four written annotations pinned around them, two of the four carrying titles, and a sidebar reading Entities 13. A map zoomed onto the lens where a red and an orange claim outline cross, with Iruzeta and The Nine Bends named inside both of them, an owner note pointing at Amuri of Vessondo at the top, and annotation cards cut at the edges of the frame.
October 26, 2026 at 11:00 AM