SWE #15 The Player & the Pentacle with Nick Jones

Send us Fan Mail Join us and Author & Senior Narrative Designer Nick Jones as we discuss his book, The Player & the Pentacle! Nick Jones is the Senior Narrative Designer at Shark Mob Games and expert infusing folklore in to story to develop vibrant and "lived-in" story worlds. Buy the book here: Watch the episode on YouTube: The Player & the Pentacle is a book about Narrative Design and interactive storytelling, and how allowing greater levels of agency in your stories allows for your audience to get lost through collectivism and empathy. We dove deep into folklore and the concept of "folkloresque", the difference between a folktale, myth, and legend, and the concept of the magic circle. It’s an educational, motivating, fantastic conversation! Support the show Are you an intrepid explorer with your own story world? You should be a guest on Story World Explorers! Connect with us here:

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SWE #15 The Player & the Pentacle with Nick Jones is an episode from Story World Explorers by Frank & Jack Konrath.

This episode is 61:28 long.

This episode was published on Jul 6, 2023.

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