Current writing on the discipline. The field evolving through the person who named it.
In the spring of 2006, a conversation at GDC became a job title. That job title became a discipline. That discipline is now twenty years old. This is a reflection on what was built, what was lost, and what comes next.
The most persistent misconception in game development: that narrative is a layer applied after the “real” design is done. Why this is wrong, and what happens when teams get it right.
What makes a player choice actually matter? Information, consequence, irreversibility, and moral weight. A practical framework for designing choices that land.
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