tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post6907144980845068924..comments2024-03-28T10:18:05.213+00:00Comments on Inventory Full: Mail Call: Regnum, The Missing InkBhagpusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-68063442780866043082013-03-17T10:34:21.509+00:002013-03-17T10:34:21.509+00:00I hadn't visited their website for a while and...I hadn't visited their website for a while and I was surprised to find that as well as Fallen London (or Echo Bazaar as it was when I last played it) they now offer a whole toolset for making your own version and loads that have been made with it. If I had time, which I don't, I'd have a play around with it.<br /><br />It clearly doesn't allow for anything like I understand you to be aiming for with StoryBricks - namely NPCs with convincing, individualised, unpredictable, heuristic reactions. It does seem to allow for quite a deeply nested, recursive and fragmentary narrative to emerge from seemingly unconnected decisions, though. It's another approach to telling stories through gamelike actions which is why I connected the two in my mind I think.<br /><br />I remain to be convinced that any narrative is best-served by using a gamelike structure to tell it. I'm more taken with the possibilities of gamelike structures for non-narrative "stories" as seen in Journey or The Endless Forest. The evocation of a dreamlike state seems like something "games" could do better than other media, whereas narrative is largely something games do worse.Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-82106103975568469072013-03-13T03:47:36.517+00:002013-03-13T03:47:36.517+00:00Not super extensively. I took a brief look at Fal...Not super extensively. I took a brief look at <i>Fallen London</i> when that first came out, but it hasn't been on my radar since.<br /><br />Did you have any specific thoughts on it? I probably should take another look at it sometime.Psychochildhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06066038436696697892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-81332374097366836012013-03-12T18:56:05.036+00:002013-03-12T18:56:05.036+00:00Excellent news! Look forward to that.
One thing I...Excellent news! Look forward to that.<br /><br />One thing I meant to ask in your recent "Ask me" thread but never got round to - have you seen/played any of the <a href="http://storynexus.com" rel="nofollow">Story Nexus</a> games?<br /><br />Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-84337874969078996722013-03-12T17:38:17.089+00:002013-03-12T17:38:17.089+00:00Storybricks should be able to announce something s...Storybricks should be able to announce something soon. Honestly, it's killing me not to be able to say more. But, I'm respecting the NDAs we're under for now.<br /><br />It's highly exciting news. :)Psychochildhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06066038436696697892noreply@blogger.com