02 · My role
What I built
- Designed narrative content and progression for the team-developed interactive-fiction project.
- Worked within a three-person team alongside dedicated programming and 2D art roles.
Narrative design in a multidisciplinary team
The Choice
A released time-loop interactive-fiction mystery built around observation, dialogue, emotional control, and clue-driven discovery.
- My role
- Narrative Designer
- Context
- Three-person team project
- Period
- 2025
- Status
- Released Windows build
01 · Overview
Project overview
The Choice follows a protagonist trapped in a repeating day who must observe routines, uncover clues, and understand the conflict behind each cycle.
Role: Narrative Designer. The other team members handled programming and 2D art.
Project scope
Project-wide capabilities
- Story-driven exploration, repeated-day structure, observation, clues, and dialogue.
- A packaged Windows build delivered through the team’s public itch.io page.
Team context
Credits and team roles
Project roles and team-created work are listed alongside my individual contribution.
- Role: Narrative Designer.
- The other team members held the programming and 2D art roles.
03 · Decisions
Project decisions
How the project structured its systems, interactions, and delivery constraints.
Repetition as narrative structure
Each loop gives the player another opportunity to recognise patterns and uncover information rather than simply repeating content.
04 · Problem solving
Challenges and responses
Concrete constraints are paired with the implementation or design response used in the project.
Challenge
Making repeated events feel purposeful instead of redundant.
Response
Structured discovery around observation and accumulating context about the characters and their routines.
05 · Iteration
Testing and iteration
- The team delivered and packaged the interactive-fiction project as a complete Windows build.
06 · Project media
Project screenshots
What I learned
What the project changed
- How narrative intent must be communicated across writing, programming, and art roles.
- How repetition can support discovery when each cycle changes the player’s understanding.
Future pass
What I would improve
- Publish a short narrative flow map or writing sample that shows the credited work in more detail.
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