The White Elephant: Interactive Fiction

Goal

Write a short interactive fiction following the theme of the Narrative Jam that reacts to player choice.
Prototype design decisions into the narrative and playtest them in Arcweave.
Submit a narrative prototype running in Godot in 7 days for the Narrative Jam.

Quick Access Menu

Add a header to begin generating the table of contents

Tested with a playable prototype

Script Maerials

Arcweave Implementation

Step 1: Designed major beats for story and gameplay:

Included the following design considerations:

Mapped entire arching story to plan the story ahead
Designed the logic varibales behind and how will the player change them
Wrote a beat sheet and excerpt to comprehend the narrative style and pacing of the story.

Step 2: Used Arcweave to simulate narrative gameplay and flow:

Created a prototype with the following goals:

Theme – Implemented “Keep an eye” in each layer of the game shell: Message, writing, and decisions.
Multiple endings – Tracked with variables and triggers, text reacting to player choice in 6 unique endings.
Playtested – Iterate live on the narrative and flow following feedback and time constraints.

Import Arcweave Prototype into Godot.

For the Entry on the Narraive Jam. I needed a download build for the itch.io page.

Working on limitations – Had to make a download executble. Godot.NET 4 does not support web.
Arcweave Implementation – Downloaded and loaded the prototype to a screen that read choices and text on player input.
Keep immersion – Godot parses text differently. I relabeled and change some Title cards to keep UI/UX clean.

THANKS FOR CHECKING OUT THE PROJECT!

“White elephant. [ˌwʌɪt ˈɛlɪf(ə)nt] noun [ C ].

A possession that is useless or troublesome[…]”