Zhenia Puzankov

Narrative Crash Course is BACK! This is a 4-week beginner narrative design and game writing course. You'll learn about choice spaces, structures, dialogues, and some edit while making three text games! We start Dec 11th and only in October the price is just 150$! #indiedev shorturl.at/6N6fJ

Looking for game devs who have been directly inspired by anything BioWare for my next video. I suspect the public likely doesn’t quite realize the extent of their influence on the industry, so I’d really like to highlight that. If you are one such game devs, pls reply to this post!

Just a week left to get Narrative Crash Course at the lowest price it has ever been. 4 weeks, live and online so join wherever you are for live calls and assignment feedbacks. 150 USD until 31st Oct. Free of charge spots application open until then too! #narrative #indiedev shorturl.at/6N6fJ

So I get a random massive food poisoning on Tuesday and when I recover, Bioware is gone? Is the industry just trying to get rid of all narrative people? Was I right about game design conspiracies?

New followers (👋) so little introduction; for the past 10+ years I've been releasing public domain game assets to support indies & students. You can donate, but it's totally optional. I hope to continue supporting our industry for many more years to come, thanks for your follow/support! kenney.nl

No but seriously, letting people know about the course is tough these days. A repost will help me out a lot and will help somebody who could use the course find it. I can't afford ads or boosts and must solely rely on signal boosts. It's a good course and it's as cheap as I can possibly make it.

Gonna drop a beginner narrative design course this week. Wondering if I should stick with notion or it makes it weird for some. Looking at gumroad for a landing currently.

Strangened Narratives Workshop starts on Friday! Oct 9th! To lure you further into this narrative design workshop here's a piece about yet another grievance against AI. nejeneva.ghost.io/on-sugondese/ If you don't repost it, I guess you support AI. #indiedev #gamedev #narrativedesign

Duppy Detective Tashia is out now on Steam! Help Tashia crack the case - in this Short, Sweet, Spooky, Narrative Mystery game based on Caribbean Folklore! 🔍Gather Clues 👻Meet the Suspects 🎶Bop to the Music store.steampowered.com/app/1958800/...

New (reposted) article on In Brackets. This is about staying sane while dealing with interactivity vs non-linearity. The terminology and applications are quite insane. #interactive #gamedev #indiedev #narrativedesign nejeneva.ghost.io/non-linearit...

Only 18 hours left to back this crazy thing! 18 hours left to bet on which prototype we polish up and ship! 18 hours to get more tahirts!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/dou...

Strangened Narratives! Only two days left before the October price change. Apply now to secure the current price and join this narrative design workshop. 6 weeks of practice and exercises! 3 free of charge spots will close on Friday! #indiedev #gamedev shorturl.at/v7GeD

Defy despots. Defend Dioscoria. Haven's Heir is LIVE. ✨ Back now to get a free alchemist print as a 48-hour Early Bird Special with every physical pledge! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

Haven't gotten any consult work or much game sales lately, so if anyone has some work they need done or microgrants to give, my door is extremely open

I have added 3 free spots for Strangened Narratives Workshop! As in if you're selected you will join the workshop for free. More info at the link! Share and signal boost! #indiedev #narrativedesign #gamedev shorturl.at/v7GeD

Added the piece on walls of texts to the newsletter! The piece concerns different ways of reading the players can do and the way we can work with it. It's not that people don't read, it's that we don't make it easier or better. nejeneva.ghost.io/breaking-dow...

I sold a painting today and I'm still shocked that such a thing can happen to me. It's called Neva Flow and I'm gonna remember it.

Last day to get an early bird price for STRANGENED NARRATIVES WORKSHOP! It's designed both as an entrance (though wild) into Narrative Design and a way for experienced and established people to learn something new and shake the creative juices. We're starting October 9th! shorturl.at/v7GeD

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Strangened Narratives Workshop! October 9th! Last day to grab an Early bird price! This is a narrative design workshop, fully online and very live. 2-3 hours of live Discord calls every week, exercises aimed at finding the craft and practice with feedback! #indiedev #gamedev shorturl.at/v7GeD

Production 101 of the video courses exists because too many times indie studios know how to build a game, but not how to ship a commercial game. Production is a large part of what publishers evaluate, and the skill you need to ship. Available now for teams & freelancers both: courses.ramiismail.com

This game is still absolutely unhinged you simply must experience its design!

Amazing and unhinged game!

Two days left to get the early bird price for this workshop! Don't miss it! It will be a lot of fun and the practice will let you to improve or develop new narrative design skills! #narrativedesign #gamedev #indiedev

Ok, now it is actually happening. My newsletter is up with two articles and awaits your eyes and subscriptions. I'm opening with my article on choice spaces (Essential) and FIRE (a storytelling solution). Both are fine and mercifully short. #narrativedesign #writing #indiedev nejeneva.ghost.io

Are you looking at my workshop and thinking I'm gonna tell you basic tips? I wrote a thesis on absurd games. When I say esoteric and weird I mean parabolic structures, actual LN, spirals, etc. Check the thesis. That's about 8 out of my 10 all-worms.itch.io/absurd-games #indiedev #narrativedesign

Well just my like to jump on a sinking ship again. Apparently gotta reconsider the whole substack thing. Any alternatives of preference for folks?

Every time I look at itch dashboard it pleases me to see that someone has checked out my ink templates. Haven't said anything about them in a couple years and people still find them. This is them btw. They do be free. #narrativedesign #indiedev #gamedev all-worms.itch.io/interactive-...

America Dreams Again

One week left to secure the early bird price! C'mon in let's write strange narratives this fall!

Wrapping up my #narrativedesign lectures on gumroad with Strangened Narratives! This course was experimental and features wild stuff including a whole lecture on endings so frequently forgotten. An online workshop version of this is currently running too! #indiedev #gamedev gum.allworms.art/l/SNL

Today was the first time when I forgot the English word and a Spanish one popped up! I'd say it's an achievement! (It happens often but usually it's Russian that fills the blank)

Added Dialogue Design lectures to the gumroad! As far as I know the only dialogue DESIGN framework with a focus on interactive media. Advanced too! Advanced #narrativedesign is rare! #gamedev #indiedev gum.allworms.art/l/DDL

One must imagine coyote happy.

Testing out gumroad for distribution which means my narrative crash course lectures are up on gumroad too now! Give them a go! Absolutely perfect for the beginners! #narrativedesign #gamedev #indiedev gum.allworms.art/l/NNCL

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