Find a mechanism, understand its tradeoffs and smallest useful scope, then build your game with a design card and sample project.
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Events and narrativesLinked states
Make a promise for immediate help or consider whether you can fulfil it later?
Reference gamesOXENFREE · The Walking Dead
Events and narrativesLinked states
Use this loop to investigate an unknown event or execute a known chain of actions?
Reference gamesOuter Wilds · Twelve Minutes
Events and narrativesOne rule
Which perspective resolves the current contradiction instead of repeating known information?
Reference gamesTacoma · 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim
Events and narrativesOne rule
Interrupt now or listen and risk losing the reply window?
Reference gamesOXENFREE · The Walking Dead
Events and narrativesOne rule
Fit a new testimony into the current account or reorder the whole hypothesis?
Reference gamesHer Story · Tacoma
Events and narrativesLinked states
Acquire a clue that opens another event or resolve the current relationship event?
Reference gamesFallen London (Echo Bazaar) · 80 Days
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