Episode 6: Kate Gray

Microbranching: Big Reactivity with Small Effort

We're joined by Kate Gray (Moonstone Island, Hello Kitty Island Adventure) who tells us about microbranching in dialogue. Small decisions without long-term impacts can free up the player to funnier in a comedy and more sympathetic in a dating sim. But what do we do with the players who don't engage without a visible pay-off?

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Music by Laurence Chapman (https://www.laurencechapman.com/)