A publication dedicated to exploring interactive storytelling.

This is the first series for the NDN Narrator, “The Narrator Dialogs”; with it we seek to put a face on those who are making interactive narrative design a force to be reckoned with. Today’s dialog is with Raphael van Lierop, Narrative Design Lead on an unannounced project at Ubisoft Montreal. Raphael comes to our [...]

This is the first series for the NDN Narrator, “The Narrator Dialogs”; with it we seek to put a face on those who are making interactive narrative design a force to be reckoned with. Today’s dialog is with Sini Downing, Agency Director for Sidelines a UK based talent agency for game writers and narrative designers. [...]

Today’s creator is Jeff Gomez CEO and President of Starlight Runner Entertainment. Jeff remains hard at work tackling the nut and bolts of making transmedia stories a reality, or should I say, “maximizing the value of entertainment properties and consumer brands by preparing them for extension across multiple media platforms.”  Working on everything from Magic: [...]

This is the first series for the NDN Narrator, “The Narrator Dialogs”; with it we seek to put a face on those who are making interactive narrative design a force to be reckoned with. Today’s dialog is with Corvus Elrod, a writer, designer, performer and deep thinker. On his “Man bytes blog” he hosts a [...]

Narrative Designer is a role in contemporary video game development first seen in 2006 when the video game publisher THQ began hiring for the position.  While the strict definition may vary from team to team, and production to production, the core of this role is to champion story, craft compelling narrative elements, and define the [...]

Interactive Narrative Design is a craft that meets at the apex of ludology, narratoloy and game design; turning the conjoining into functional interactive entertainment development methodologies. Ludology being the study of play that has become very fashionable in the game design community within the past 2 decades. Narratology is the theory of narratives, of spectacles, [...]

The NDE has moved and is now part of the Narrative Designer’s Network; the change was rather easy, but some details remain scrambled. Please forgive any formatting errors or broken links you may experience, in the coming weeks I will be be updating the site and fixing problems as quickly as I can. Thank you [...]

The Narrative Designer’s Network is for those that find themselves between the blurred lines of interactive entertainment writing and design; a group dedicated to support fellow Narrative Designers, foster discussion, and to evangelize the burgeoning craft of Interactive Narrative Design. Interactive Narrative Design is a new breed of design that is evolving into unknown territories. [...]