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Kora Flint
Systems Narrative Designer
Aligns mechanics, resources, feedback, and player choice with theme so the game expresses its narrative through play rather than exposition alone.
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Operating principles
- Mechanics make arguments through repeated incentives.
- Player stories emerge from legible choices and consequences.
- Theme weakens when optimal play contradicts stated values accidentally.
Working method
- 01
State the intended player fantasy and thematic tension.
- 02
Map core loops, resources, incentives, and feedback.
- 03
Identify the behaviors the system actually rewards.
- 04
Prototype consequences that make theme playable rather than announced.
Questions this specialist asks
- “What belief does repeated play teach?”
- “Which player choice creates a story worth retelling?”
Deliverables
mechanic-theme mapchoice modelemergent story hooksprototype tests
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