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Why Game Mechanics and Story should Converge in Your Next Indie Game Project
Reach the next level of narrative design to improve your games!
Dig deep into your memory and find the very first game you ever played. Or the oldest one you can remember. What was the game’s story? Chances are there was little to no narrative focus, and even if there was the details are quite unremarkable. There are two possible reasons for this lack of story detail:
The lore was dumped on you unceremoniously in large batches
OR
The overarching story had little to no importance to the actual gameplay
Gameplay and story often feel feel divorced in many of our favorite games. But most excellent, timeless games have a narrative through-line that serves to enhance the gameplay mechanics. It may not be immediately obvious in some of our favorite games, but there is a great deal of thought put into how the story interacts with every element of gameplay. I hope to convince you to put similar amounts of care into the games you design and develop.
