PinnedIan ThomasInk Testing ToolAnother spare time project! This one to make it easier to test Ink stories.Jul 25Jul 25
PinnedIan ThomasCommunicating CharactersOr: “How do you get the rest of your team to understand the cool character you made up?”Jun 14, 20231Jun 14, 20231
PinnedIan ThomasJob Functions in Game NarrativeOr: What does that pesky Narrative Designer title actually mean?Jun 30, 20221Jun 30, 20221
Ian ThomasA Fact-Based Story DesignTL;DR — Use a single source of truth for tracking the player’s journey across the game and make it easy to query!Oct 27Oct 27
Ian ThomasClay and the Art of Games WritingThis is really another take on this article — sparked this time by the fact that I’ve seen some people who write for games putting in lots…Oct 24Oct 24
Ian ThomasCrafted Reality Podcast – Larp DesignMy partner and I were sat down by Allie and Julian for yello brick’s Crafted Reality podcast and asked to ramble about designing larps.Jun 7Jun 7
Ian ThomasWriting a Game Script Is Not a Project StepLet’s talk about writing for — well, anything really, but in this case for games.Apr 191Apr 191
Ian ThomasWriting for Games: What’s it like?I had a few questions sent to me via a colleague — from their friend who is presumably looking to move into narrative design or writing…Jan 131Jan 131