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70: Embracing Your Scars with Hannah Nicklin (Mutazione)

Eggplant: The Secret Lives of Games

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The Barbecue - The Most Complicatedly Structured Conversation in the Game

I think some of theer most important parts the practice of a narrative designer is faking agency, is making the player feel like there making choices which are important. And using a lot of cheap, like pretended agency to really earn the systemic moments wher you have to spend a lot of time making a complicated thing. So yt the conversation with nono after you've been to the bab is is huge, becauseit's meant to situate you in the community for the first time. It was one of the first concerns that i came to as i was able to lie sort of ern, i won't say lhik, convinced people to give me more agency in the team

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