by Ed Kuehnel | Nov 17, 2020 | Featured, Uncategorized
Part 2 – Creating Narrative Flowcharts If have haven’t read Part One of this series (Story Seeds & Treatments) – click here Overview This is the second installment of a three-part blog post on narrative design which focuses on a tried-and-tested...
by Dave Rohrl | Nov 11, 2020 | Load More, Uncategorized
We were recently approached by one of our existing clients about writing some design documents and doing some game balance for upcoming high-priority features in one of their games. Being a design agency owner, I replied “Of course. And what features are...
by Ed Kuehnel | Oct 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
Part 1, Developing Your Story Seed & Treatment While there are many different ways to go about developing stories for games, in this three-part blog post on narrative design we will focus on a process that has been passed down to multiple generations of game...
by Jessica Hasenplaugh | Oct 9, 2020 | Uncategorized
I often speak with partners and colleagues outside the field who want to better understand what User Acquisition (UA) is. UA, which is sometimes referred to also as “performance marketing”. Despite the name, these activities fall under the...
by Ed Kuehnel | Aug 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
Laying the Groundwork for Great Narrative, Part One By Ed Kuehnel, Mobile Game Doctor Narrative Director There are a number of factors that must come together to ensure you don’t waste time, money – or worse, generate chaos – integrating a narrative into...
by David Nixon | Aug 11, 2020 | Uncategorized
Just a few days ago, the GDC retrospective “The History of GDC”, was posted on YouTube. Steve Meretzky, one of our “Doctors,” leads off that video with the story of his hand-modified badge proclaiming “make me an offer” as he hit...
