Game Narrative Kaleidoscope Podcast

Episode 5: Stark Holborn

Game Narrative Kaleidoscope Podcast

Show Notes

Swiss Cheese and Soda Cans: Writing for Proc-Gen Systems

Novelist and narrative designer Stark Holborn joins us to talk about the procedural generation systems of Shadows of Doubt. How do you ensure a generated world has character and style? How systematic do you need to be about writing it? And can we apply those learnings back to more linear fiction?

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Music by Laurence Chapman (https://www.laurencechapman.com/)

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