# narrative design (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover narrative design. Page: Feed: --- ## [Characterizing Italian Indie Games 2010-2025](https://peterpunk.substack.com/p/characterizing-italian-indie-games) _2026-06-25 · Pietro Polsinelli · Around Narrative Design And Applied Games_ Can we speak of an “Italian character” in video games developed in Italy? ## [A reel of Open Lab works](https://peterpunk.substack.com/p/a-reel-of-open-lab-works) _2026-05-05 · Pietro Polsinelli · Around Narrative Design And Applied Games_ 100 projects in 10 years! ## [Interviewed for Drew Davidson’s Ludic Narrans book](https://www.christydena.com/2026/03/interviewed-for-drew-davidsons-ludic-narrans-book/) _2026-03-30 · \christy\ · Christy Dena's Field Notes From Earth_ It s nice when people ask to interview you. It can uplift both of you. Thank you drew davidson for the invitation to be a part of your book on play. Ludic Narrans is a collection of interviews with play folk from around the world. Drew led the interview, following his curiosity rather than asking for ## [Becoming Saint mobile released and further experiments in narrative design](https://peterpunk.substack.com/p/becoming-saint-mobile-released-and) _2026-02-24 · Pietro Polsinelli · Around Narrative Design And Applied Games_ Becoming Saint, our medieval strategy game of faith, sins, penitence & conquest, is now available for tablets and phones, here is a little trailer: ## [Every day a Voight-Kampff Test](https://peterpunk.substack.com/p/every-day-a-voight-kampff-test) _2026-02-10 · Pietro Polsinelli · Around Narrative Design And Applied Games_ New media, new tool, we get used to it, and develop sensitivity and resistance. ## [Presenting narrative for a roguelike at IVIPRO Days in Trieste](https://peterpunk.substack.com/p/presenting-narrative-for-a-roguelike) _2025-11-01 · Pietro Polsinelli · Around Narrative Design And Applied Games_ How one can merge intersect immerse evoke a layered, partially generative narrative in a short-loop roguelike game? And what about replayability? ## [The dissolution of the hero(ine)](https://peterpunk.substack.com/p/the-dissolution-of-the-heroine) _2025-10-20 · Pietro Polsinelli · Around Narrative Design And Applied Games_ Experiments with player and power representations in games. ## [Bound City Announcements: Trailer, Store Page, and Demo!](https://problemmachine.wordpress.com/2025/09/22/bound-city-announcements-trailer-store-page-and-demo/) _2025-09-22 · problemmachine · Problem Machine_ I have a few announcements to make regarding the future of my game in development, Bound City. First: Bound City has a trailer! Behold. Second: Bound City has a store page up on Steam! The current estimated release date isn’t for 2-3 years yet, but I believe the amount of game which exists now is … Read More ## [Incremental Narrative Design In Becoming Saint](https://peterpunk.substack.com/p/incremental-narrative-design-in-becoming) _2025-04-15 · Pietro Polsinelli · Around Narrative Design And Applied Games_ Exploring the interwoven relationship between narrative design and game mechanics in the development of the roguelike strategy game Becoming Saint.