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Alan Wake in 3 bits

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On tonight’s episode of Night Springs… Tristan and Oliver gather their thermoses and prepare to aim down hard on their beaming flashlights, as they unravel Remedy’s multilayered, narrative-action-adventure Alan Wake into these three bits:

  1. Follow The Light - Everything light and darkness; narratively, thematically, and mechanically;
  2. Multimedia Madness - Discussing the layering of storytelling mediums; including the episodic structure and the manuscript pages;
  3. Balancing Simplicity - The complexity of balancing approachability and minimalism with progression and pacing;


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    Oliver - @oliverwauters

    Tristan - @theatrewalker


    Some references:

    How Alan Wake Was Rebuilt 3 Years Into Development | War Stories - Ars Technica (video)

    The Cult Classic That Refused To Die (Alan Wake) - Nerdstalgic Gaming (video)

    The Making of Alan Wake - Remedy Entertainment (video)

    Alan Wake turns 10: Remedy's game took five years to emerge from the darkness of development, the studio explains how it finally saw the light - gamesradar+ (article)

    Dissecting Design -- The Action-Horror of Alan Wake - Game Wisdom (video)

    Alan Wake: Illuminated - Jorg Neumann & Tony Elias (book)

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