The Corner of Story and Game

Susan O'Connor on Big Fat Adventures

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Welcome back to The Corner of Story and Game! In this episode, I sit down with Susan O'Connor. She is the founder and CEO of The Narrative Department, an award-winning game writer, and an all-around fantastic person.

Join us as we discuss the importance of story in games, narrative design concepts, and life in general as a creative person.

Some of the specific topics we cover include:

  • The Narrative Department - where it came from and where it is going,
  • Finding and sharing the emotional heart of a story or game,
  • Drawing from your own emotional life,
  • Crafting a story and then hiding it from the player,
  • The fact that the story is not always important,
  • Putting the player first, and
  • Susan's love of Big Fat Adventures!

    • Give it a listen!

    Susan's Links:

    -> ⁠The Narrative Department⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    -> ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BlueSky

    -> ⁠⁠⁠Instagram

    -> ⁠⁠LinkedIn


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    -> ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    -> ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    -> ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    -> ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    -> ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Threads⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    -> ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    -> ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    -> Email: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠


    Please let me know if you have any questions or comments on this or any other episode. Be sure to subscribe to the podcast to hear more conversations with professionals in the video game, tabletop, and fiction industries.

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