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Real projects. Real storytelling challenges. Real solutions from Waterloo’s narrative design community.

Narrative branching visualization for indie game
Branching Design 2024

Cipher & The Choice Engine

Helped a local indie studio design the narrative structure for their sci-fi adventure. Over 120 dialogue nodes with 8 major story branches, all converging to meaningful endings that respond to player choices made 15+ hours earlier.

Workshop session on dialogue tree design
Workshop 6 weeks

Interactive Storytelling Fundamentals

Ran a structured 6-week workshop series covering decision tree architecture, consequence mapping, and dialogue system design. 16 developers from 9 different studios completed the program, each building their own branching story prototype.

Character development narrative consultation session
Consultation 12 weeks

Story Rescue: Character Arc Redesign

A mid-development studio brought us in to rebuild character arcs that weren’t landing with test players. We restructured 4 main character journeys to react authentically to player choices, increasing emotional engagement by rewriting 30% of dialogue to show genuine consequence.

Dialogue system technical documentation and implementation
Systems Design 8 weeks

Dialogue Engine Architecture Workshop

Partnered with a studio struggling to implement their branching story in code. Designed a scalable dialogue system that handles 200+ conversation nodes with conditional logic. The team shipped their dialogue pipeline 3 weeks ahead of schedule.

Ready to bring your story to life?

Whether you’re starting from scratch or solving a narrative problem mid-development, we’re here to help you build branching stories that players love.

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