It’s traditional for us to announce our projects on April Fools day, so we’d like to announce that our next game is about a pirate solving cold cases in order to win entrance into Heaven

This week on the Game Narrative Kaleidoscope Podcast: We talk to @hownottodraw.bsky.social about micro-branching: choices that don't have big story impacts, but give value in the moment. How do we use them well? Check it out here: www.inklestudios.com/kaleidoscope... ... or any-podcast-place!

I finally released my iOS app!! 🕙 Hour by Hour 🕒 A day planner that lets you sketch out your schedule with natural language. Just write stuff like: • Flight departs at 3:30pm • Set off 2 hours before ➡️ Download for free: apps.apple.com/app/hour-by-...

Lovely spelunk into the Kaleidoscope!

What a headline

Sometimes, in narrative design, you have to embrace the chaos - that's how you know you're doing something ambitious. Check out the full conversation with @starkholborn.bsky.social here: www.inklestudios.com/kaleidoscope...

For a game about rivers - no fish

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I finally got to listen to this episode yesterday and I found Mary’s advice about working through moments of harassment by touching grass *so* accurate. I wanted to share some of my grass touching activities, and maybe hear about other people’s grass touching activities too… SO:

This week on the Game Narrative Kaleidoscope Podcast: We talk to @starkholborn.bsky.social about writing for the procedural generation systems of Shadows of Doubt. How do you fill a world, but stay characterful? Check it out here: www.inklestudios.com/kaleidoscope... ... or any-podcast-place!

A great chance to listen to Stark Holborn on narrative writing for procedurally generated worlds. Stark is one of our wonderful visiting lecturers on interactive digital narrative. 📝⌨️🧑‍💻

I had an absolute blast recording this! Go check it out - you won't see me waving my hands about wildly but just know that I do a lot of it 👇

Phwoar!

Until Friday. this code works until Friday

This week on the Game Narrative Kaleidoscope Podcast: We talk to @starkholborn.bsky.social about writing for the procedural generation systems of Shadows of Doubt. How do you fill a world, but stay characterful? Check it out here: www.inklestudios.com/kaleidoscope... ... or any-podcast-place!

Get 15% off on the Narrative Kaleidoscope today (or all this week? we honestly don't know) with the code NARRATIVE15 www.inklestudios.com/kaleidoscope (Discount on print costs; authors still get full royalties)

The Best Games Of 2026 (So Far) https://kotaku.com/best-new-video-games-2026-2000680583

Procedural generation can mean a lot of work that no one notices - assuming it goes well. So the question is, says @joshscherr.bsky.social - do you know why you're doing it? Check out the full conversation here: www.inklestudios.com/kaleidoscope...

If you’re a pop-culture feminist who doesn’t take GamerGate or video games-as-culture seriously, I just don’t have time for you or your takes

It finally arrived! The Game Narrative Kaleidoscope is a collection of more than 100 essays from games writers across the spectrum. I’m so grateful to have my essay included among so many luminaries. Thank you to Jon Ingold at @inkle.co for his fantastic work collating this collection. #gameswriting

Had a fun conversation with @jon.inkle.co & Sagar Beroshi about the name-calling barks I helped develop for TLOU2, plus I probably bring up Outer Wilds at some point bc that's what I do 😅 Be sure to check out the other interviews & pick up the book here: www.inklestudios.com/kaleidoscope/

I visited Naughty Dog with some Remedy folks back in 2018. Josh talked to us (we signed NDAs) about a bark system he was working on. I was impressed then, and I was impressed later when it gave a bespoke, personal quality to all the voice sets in TLOU2

Switch to get acclaimed eerie codebreaking game TR-49 very soon, and at a nice price www.eurogamer.net/inkle-tr-49-...

Just sayin', @joshscherr.bsky.social is one of the best. Kind, brilliant, generous with time and insight.

Josh is a great writer, with a tonne of hands-on experience of bark writing that we delve into in detail. (Also, a real passion for indie games!)

if you, like me, loved @hpowellsmith.bsky.social's incredible kaleidoscope essay about giving romanceable characters agency and friction and flaws, may i offer you their wonderful game honor bound, in which you can see this advice in action 👀 store.steampowered.com/app/2828270/...

This week on the Game Narrative Kaleidoscope Podcast: We talk to @joshscherr.bsky.social about his time at Naughty Dog and the art of reactive dialogue - in combat, during puzzles, and in between. Check it out here: www.inklestudios.com/kaleidoscope... ... or any-podcast-place!

Coming to Switch April 7th Preorders available now www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...

Yay.

Released today -- new update for Expelled! that adds a desaturated mode, as asked for by exactly no one (zero people) store.steampowered.com/app/2963890/...

If you were curious about this book but you hate paper (or are out of shelf space, relatable), there’s now an ebook version. And if you hate having to turn physical pages in 2026, the clever “turn to page nnn” to facilitate jumping randomly through the book, is now in hyperlink form.

Abby! I think you'll love this new collection curated by CC11 that I just found in my mailbox. Let's get to work. @inkle.co

Tonight at 8.10pm GMT / 4.10pm EST, join Charles Cecil of @revolutionsoftware.bsky.social and our @jon.inkle.co in conversation about their inspirations as part of the Curious Odyssey event!

Tonight at 8.10pm GMT / 4.10pm EST, join Charles Cecil of @revolutionsoftware.bsky.social and our @jon.inkle.co in conversation about their inspirations as part of the Curious Odyssey event!

Almost all @inkle.co games are currently discounted! 🥰👍 store.steampowered.com/search/?deve...

In a divided world, are our fictional stories still important? @marykgames.com argues - yes! Full conversation is here: www.inklestudios.com/kaleidoscope...

Was coincidentally listening to the podcast (it’s great) when this hunk of wisdom was delivered. @inkle.co

My copy arrived! It’s a lovely thing @jon.inkle.co @inkle.co

Tonnes of inkle games are mixed up with tonnes of other great narrative titles in the Curious Odyssey Steam Event, rn

One of the very best to ever do it. These podcasts are rapidly becoming mandatory listening for me, and anyone else even slightly, lightly, ambiently curious about how games get made.* *with one potentially impending exception #FORESHADOWING

Game Narrative Kaleidscope Podcast #3 - Mary Kenney (@marykgames.com) ND and senior writer on Spiderman: Miles Morales and Marvel: Wolverine talks to us about the long shadow of online harassment, creative sparking, and writing from a place of love. www.inklestudios.com/kaleidoscope...

It's a good post day! @inkle.co @jon.inkle.co

The next book from @inkle.co will be: Heaven's Vault - Book IV: The Rising Light Conclusing a story that began in 2014 as two words (Space Archaeology), grew through a 2019 game into a novel duology, and will finish as a quadrilogy of books. It is the tree, walking. 🖊️ forms.gle/QiVFkackkCNT...

Just received my copy of the Game Narrative Kaleidoscope from @inkle.co Looking forward to learning from some of the best, and awesome job from @jon.inkle.co collating all the essays!

This was such a great conversation - I was fired up the rest of the day. :) The whole Kaleidoscope project has been such a great meeting of the minds

Game Narrative Kaleidscope Podcast #3 - Mary Kenney (@marykgames.com) ND and senior writer on Spiderman: Miles Morales and Marvel: Wolverine talks to us about the long shadow of online harassment, creative sparking, and writing from a place of love. www.inklestudios.com/kaleidoscope...

The next ep. of the Kaleidoscope Podcast (www.inklestudios.com/kaleidoscope) goes up tomorrow - we're speaking to one of AAA gaming's most accomplished writers about her experience of writing under a hostile public eye, about writing with compassion; and about inspiration from theatre and comics

Here it is! Chris @ironiciconic.bsky.social got his copy of The Game Narrative Kaleidoscope! If you’ve ever wondered about the craft of game writing, wonder no more. This book has over 100 essays for you. Thanks to @inkle.co for making this happen, and congrats to all! #gameWriting #mysteryGames

Stunning Sorcery! 4 artwork by @nyxstrix.bsky.social