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Maternal Valley
Ustwo on breaking out of traditional maternal narratives with Monument Valley 2
Senior artist Lauren Cason talks the time of the dad and bugs that became narrative points
Physics Engine For Narrative
Disney Research on the quest to build a "physics engine" for game narratives
Associate research scientist Steven Poulakos on keeping people involved
Leave It Out
"If in doubt, leave it out": How to write game narratives for an audience that hates cutscenes
Freelance game writer Morten Brunbjerg talks trimming down and focusing on the essentials
Featured Features
The hottest strategy features in the US, China and Japan
How GameRefinery's new tool gives you an insight into your strategy game's design and its chances for global success
Iap Inspector
How does Choices: Stories You Play monetise?
IAPs from the players' perspective
First Love
Annapurna Interactive to publish Melbourne dev Mountains' debut narrative-focused game Florence
Title to be published on the Apple App Store in 2018
Bound To Be Good
Obsidian Entertainment partners with mobile fiction platform Bound for series of stories based on Pillars of Eternity
Richard Knaak signed on to write the stories
Skin In The Game
Bitter decisions Disruptor Beam hopes will sweeten The Walking Dead: March To War
Only the smart survive
Show Don't Tell
The augmented reality-fueled future of mobile marketing will be narrative and personalised
Motive.io's Peter Wittig shares discusses how it aims to empower developers, markets and advertisers to bring immersive experiences to consumers
Tv Structure, Mobile Platform
"We think about hooks and cliffhangers a lot": MegaZebra on episodic mobile game storytelling in Desperate Housewives
CEO Mark Gazecki on the making of Desperate Housewives
Bound For Exile
Award-winning writer Andrew Saxsma to write series of stories based on mobile game Exiles of Embermark
Publishing a series on fiction platform Bound starting in June 2017
Now Playing
Now playing: Nicolas Godement-Berline on story-driven space adventure Full of Stars
What games are keeping the industry busy after hours?
Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: Ludia's Charles Taylor on how to get a job as a Narrative Designer
Some top tips for building a career in narrative design
Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: Wooga's Rebecca Harwick on how to get a job as a Lead Writer
Some top tips in building a career as a game writer
Swiss Speaches
Three things we learned at the Zurich Game Festival
At the end of last month, Ludicious took place in Switzerland, and here are our track highlights…
From Movies To Mobile
How Episode uses TV and Hollywood partnerships to grow its mobile audience
Head of Studio Michael Dawson explains the strategy
Short Burst Storytelling
Disruptor Beam wants players to succeed and fail together in The Walking Dead: March to War
Director of Product & Design Joey Lapegna on the latest IP to get the Disruptor Beam treatment
Telling Tales
Telltale Games publishes its first mobile-only game, Mr Robot:1.51 exfiltratiOn
Not exactly SEO friendly
Inject Some Personality
In the standardised world of F2P mobile games, a little narrative creativity goes a long way
Don't write sagas, sprinkle detail
Tell Me A Story
Video: Evan Skolnick on the importance of storytelling in games
It's not just about feelings
Left Or Right?
Video: Failbetter Games on the best number of choices to give players in non-linear games
So many paths, so little time
Plot Lines
What F2P game designers can learn from The Hero's Journey
Torulf Jernström knows a hero
Horror Heroes
Inside the Game: The role of story in Hollywood U's Halloween update
Eric Dean on the power of a fright story
Putting The Pieces Together
Howdunnit: The making of Her Story
Sam Barlow talks inspiration
How He Dunnit
Her Story dev Sam Barlow on how the innovative detective game found an audience
Sam Barlow interviewed
Behind The Scenes
Levelling up the mobile RPG: The making of Spirit Lords
Creative director Daniel Erickson takes us behind the scenes
Letting Go
Inside the Game: How writing a story-driven game in four months forces you to trust your team
Lessons from University U.
Storytelling
Inside the Game: Creating narrative in Pixelberry Games
Kara Loo is quest building
Making Of
As much as we could chew: The making of The Banner Saga
Stoic reveals all about its tactical triumph
"Like putting lipstick on a pig": Games should focus less on visuals and more on content, says A Dark Room dev
Don't underestimate the power of words