Narrative design is "one of the toughest crafts in the whole of video games -- made even tougher by the fact that most developers don't even think that it's part of their process." That's according to ...

The role of the writer in games has changed hugely in recent years. From an optional extra to a vital part of the development team, the narrative designer is responsible for far more than ‘words on a ...

Do you love crafting worlds, characters, and stories that players care about? Join us and design the next generation of games narratives. We sought input and built on learnings from leading narrative ...

A well-crafted environment can tell us so much about a character: their values, interests, or even their weaknesses. In this ...

The sheer number of storytelling improvements in video games really stood out in the 2010s, ranging from the incremental to the truly innovative, facilitating better — and sometimes altogether new — ...

Game design and development students at Rochester Institute of Technology were honored for their writing and analysis skills in the Student Narrative Analysis Competition at the 2013 Game Developers ...

Narrative shouldn’t be relegated to a “story wrapper” and should be better integrated into the development process, says game writer and narrative designer Kelsey Beachum. Speaking during the opening ...

This year, I did a lot of strange and unimaginable things. I rode a horse through meadows and set fire to the grass (Ghost of ...

The UC Davis Design Museum opens its 2025-26 season with “Embodiment,” an installation which incorporates theatrical and narrative design practices. This unique project opens Oct. 8. “Embodiment,” ...