I keep thinking about secrets that once you've seen them, make you rethink a game you've been playing for hours and realize you were only one layer deep... Tunic did that, and TR-49 does that in a way that makes you go "you..."

We’re pretty thrilled with this - TR-49 has been nominated for *two* Apple design awards We love the mobile form factor and always have - the immediacy of it and the lower barrier to entry - and we’re dead chuffed to have that recognised!

The collection is complete and I can't wait to finally read the conclusion of a story I've been obsessing over since 2019 @inkle.co @jon.inkle.co

Everyone likes to do their best, but the best teams know when to do less: and for writers, that can sometimes feel quite strange. @edstern.bsky.social tells us why. For the full conversation, flip to www.inklestudios.com/kaleidoscope...

J'ai terminé TR-49.

Passepartout gets his best life

Lots of shipping notices for copies of Heaven’s Vault IV went out today so hopefully books will start arriving after the weekend. Soon people will have the answer to the greatest of all HV mysteries…

Venerable storyteller @edstern.bsky.social joins us to talk in great detail about understatement, and the craft of putting material in versus holding it back. Turn to www.inklestudios.com/kaleidoscope... to begin!

When writing for romance, says @storeytell.bsky.social, it's better to think of conflict as "scandal"... For more on writing as entertainment, and as art, turn to www.inklestudios.com/kaleidoscope/#podcast

What started as a game has evolved into series of 4 novels. 👀

Heaven's Vault is easily a top 5 game of all time for me and if you don't play it you're a square

By the Goddess! To celebrate the launch of the new novel - and the end of Aliya’s story - Heaven’s Vault is 80% off on Steam!

For a small group of people (incl me!), a big book release day today: 4th & final Heaven's Vault novel is out. Yes its a novelization (and then continuation) of a video game; book 3 was also one of the best SFF books I read last year. Well worth picking up (in ebook & 3 different hardcopy editions)

Excited to say the fourth Heaven’s Vault novel outsold this car in just a few hours!

📜 HEAVEN'S VAULT - BOOK 4 📜 The Rising Light is OUT NOW from the inkle bookshop! 📕 shorturl.at/o6tqJ 📕 The floodwaters have risen. A new threat looms. The only hope is a lost legend. Can a secret be hidden in a single word? Aliya and Six will have to travel beyond the rivers to find out...

Which of my mutuals played Heaven's Vault too? The final book telling the full story is out. It contains what would have been Heaven's Vault II.

📜 HEAVEN'S VAULT - BOOK 4 📜 The Rising Light is OUT NOW from the inkle bookshop! 📕 shorturl.at/o6tqJ 📕 The floodwaters have risen. A new threat looms. The only hope is a lost legend. Can a secret be hidden in a single word? Aliya and Six will have to travel beyond the rivers to find out...

For those of you who have been following the "saga" of Heaven's Vault from its earliest days -- the end is coming, sooner than you might think. forms.gle/DEkeNMu35Vj7...

Major Spoilers -- but a great breakdown of the literature behind the literature behind the game

New Kaleidoscope ep! This week, @storeytell.bsky.social joins us to talk about writing for romance, ways to stories drive beyond conflict, and finding the sublime within the commercial. Listen at www.inklestudios.com/kaleidoscope..., or any podcast place!

Every detail of a game communicates narrative, says @gilesarmstrong.bsky.social - so no writing is too small to be important. For more tips and inspiration, turn to www.inklestudios.com/kaleidoscope...

Come to the sea, Moira. Come as fast as you can! #Beltane

"TR-49 came out and did better than anything we've ever done." This week, @inkle.co looks back at the very successful release of TR-49 in January. So what made the difference [email protected] tells us more. Sign up to receive the issue this afternoon: bit.ly/knowledgenewsletter

This week's Game Narrative Kaleidoscope Podcast: We're joined by @gilesarmstrong.bsky.social to talk about the craft of incidental dialogue. How can we get the biggest lift from the most disposable bits of writing? Check it out here: www.inklestudios.com/kaleidoscope... ... or any-podcast-place!

This week's Game Narrative Kaleidoscope Podcast: We're joined by @gilesarmstrong.bsky.social to talk about the craft of incidental dialogue. How can we get the biggest lift from the most disposable bits of writing? Check it out here: www.inklestudios.com/kaleidoscope... ... or any-podcast-place!

My theme to TR-49 from Inkle Studios is available on Bandcamp. laurencechapman.bandcamp.com/track/tr-49-...

You can now buy the soundtrack to TR-49 from @composerchapman.bsky.social on Bandcamp!

Announcement: 💻 We created a Steam Festival of over 150 #FakeOS games 📲 InterfaceX26 is live on Steam! Enjoy discounts, game announcements and a fantastic showcase event with some of your fave streamers! Please check it out, 👍+ 🔁 store.steampowered.com/sale/Interfa... #indiedev #signalboost

Super enjoying listening to the @inkle.co podcast x Game Narrative Kaleidoscope book - I'm dipping into it and listening after I've read the writer's piece in the book and it's like a bonus DLC! www.inklestudios.com/kaleidoscope...

How do we write for, and about, people other than ourselves? From a place of responsibility, urgency, and focus: @jillmurray.bsky.social explains. For the full conversation, turn to www.inklestudios.com/kaleidoscope...

Hey, I've got a new newsletter! I'm offering a free download of my recent essay from The Game Narrative Kaleidoscope to new subscribers, so if you're curious sign up!

Lovely discussion A Highland Song by @tinygamechronicles.bsky.social

I talked about two of my favourite games, go listen I guess!

This week's Game Narrative Kaleidoscope Podcast: Expert writer @jillmurray.bsky.social talks about finishing up. How do you know when something's done? How do you motivate yourself to stop? And... then what? Check it out here: www.inklestudios.com/kaleidoscope... ... or any-podcast-place!

Oh that’s me!

Oh, looks like we're giving Pendragon away for a song again.

This week's Game Narrative Kaleidoscope Podcast: Expert writer @jillmurray.bsky.social talks about finishing up. How do you know when something's done? How do you motivate yourself to stop? And... then what? Check it out here: www.inklestudios.com/kaleidoscope... ... or any-podcast-place!

@baroness.bsky.social ‘s essay in the Game Narrative Kaleidoscope on writing good character bios is as simple and actionable a “how to build irony and drama in a character” guide as I’ve seen anywhere. That essay alone makes the book worth buying.

Over on our Discord we're talking about our process using @inkle.co 's fabulous scripting language Ink for our game design and writing... atm I'm practicing my skills by making a needlessly complex breakfast buffet simulator. discord.gg/GCmXK3u

NEW EPISODE ON FRIDAY! @jamespatton.bsky.social talks about @inkle.co's "Overboard!" *AND* "Expelled!" We cover both Inkle's open world interactive novels and we get really, really deep into what they may be exploring. It's a good 'un, this one. #podcasts #adventuregames

I will be presenting my "Create An Interactive City In Text using ink" course, discussing texty interactive cities, and introducing you to @inkle.co's ink narrative scripting language this Thursday, April 23. 🏫 Grab a seat here ⇢ www.eventbrite.com/e/1980617816...

When a game provides lore, we should remember to include who in the game-world is saying it - @hollynielsen.bsky.social explains why. For the full conversation visit: www.inklestudios.com/kaleidoscope...

in case you missed it yesterday for, y'know, technical reasons

in case you missed it yesterday for, y'know, technical reasons

🎉 It's Heaven's Vault's 7th birthday today! 🎉 To celebrate we're sharing a first look at the next Heaven's Vault-related release from us the fourth (and final) book in the novellisation sequence. Here's the gorgeous cover, with art from @anastasiawyatt.bsky.social and design by @joe.inkle.co

This week on the Game Narrative Kaleidoscope Podcast: Historian and game writer @hollynielsen.bsky.social talks about building plausible deniability into your world-building by pinning lore on sources. Check it out here: www.inklestudios.com/kaleidoscope... ... or any-podcast-place!

I had such a brilliant time chatting to @jon.inkle.co and @sagarberoshi.bsky.social about world-building from material details, building plausible deniability into your settings, and how players love to be historians so you may as well embrace it with your narrative design. Give it a listen!

Fan-bloody-tastic stuff, this.

I've been really enjoying listening to this. A lot of the discussion focuses on the relationship with the player and on creative process, and I find it really refreshing and insightful :)