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Zoe Franznick

It’s time to get MEDIEVAL with our guests Zoe (currently an Associate Narrative Designer at Obsidian Games working on unannounced projects, and she is also the cohost of the Maniculum Podcast) and Franciska (currently the Narrative Lead on Around for Primal Game Studios, and also the Senior Narrative Designer on Ayna: Shattered Truth for Designmatic. And previously she was a Game Writer on Ori and the Will of the Wisps for Moon Studios, as well as a Narrative Designer on their unannounced ARPG)! They join us to talk about ousting J.R.R. Tolkien as the top fantasy writer of all time, untapped medieval stories that people in games should be thinking about, parallels between medievalism and game design, manuscript culture, how you balance between explaining things for players and letting them fill in the blanks themselves, would they rather tell stories with dialogue or without, are there any books or talks or resources they go back to a lot when working on a game, how to give good criticism and best piece of feedback they’ve gotten, how they think of the player’s active role in the story when they’re writing, what sort of imagery do they find most evocative in horror and medieval literature, and MORE! MUCH MORE!Our Guests on the InternetZoe has no twitter, but check out The Maniculum Podcast!Franciska's Twitch, Twitter, and check out Around!Stuff We Talked AboutThe Maniculum PodcastThe Witcher 3Franciska's Undergrad and Postgrad ThesesTáin Bó CúailngeThe Metrical CharmsThe Last of Us Part IIOuter WildsReturn of the Obra DinnHorizon: Zero DawnHorizon: Forbidden WestHadesGOBELINS Youtube Channel Like Stories of Old Youtube ChannelHow to be a Great DM Youtube ChannelGame Maker’s Toolkit Youtube ChannelMiddle English CompendiumThe Highly Selective Thesaurus for the Extraordinary Literate by Eugene EhrlichMaster Lists - The Maniculum PodcastOur theme music was done by Isabella Ness, and our logo was done by Lily Nishita.

It’s time to get MEDIEVAL with our guests Zoe (currently an Associate Narrative Designer at Obsidian Games working on unannounced projects, and she is also the cohost of the Maniculum Podcast) and Franciska (currently the Narrative Lead on Around for Primal Game Studios, and also the Senior Narrative Designer on Ayna: Shattered Truth for Designmatic. And previously she was a Game Writer on Ori and the Will of the Wisps for Moon Studios, as well as a Narrative Designer on their unannounced ARPG)! They join us to talk about ousting J.R.R. Tolkien as the top fantasy writer of all time, untapped medieval stories that people in games should be thinking about, parallels between medievalism and game design, manuscript culture, how you balance between explaining things for players and letting them fill in the blanks themselves, would they rather tell stories with dialogue or without, are there any books or talks or resources they go back to a lot when working on a game, how to give good criticism and best piece of feedback they’ve gotten, how they think of the player’s active role in the story when they’re writing, what sort of imagery do they find most evocative in horror and medieval literature, and MORE! MUCH MORE!Our Guests on the InternetZoe has no twitter, but check out <a href="https://www.themaniculumpodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Maniculum Podcast</a>!Franciska's <a href="https://www.twitch.tv/tigrmoth" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitch</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/tigrmoth?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, and check out <a href="https://twitter.com/PrimalAround" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Around</a>!Stuff We Talked About<a href="https://www.themaniculumpodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Maniculum Podcast</a><a href="https://www.thewitcher.com/en/witcher3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Witcher 3</a><a href="https://www.franciskacsongrady.com/research" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Franciska's Undergrad and Postgrad Theses</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%A1in_B%C3%B3_C%C3%BAailnge" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Táin Bó Cúailnge</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Saxon_metrical_charms" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Metrical Charms</a><a href="https://www.playstation.com/en-us/games/the-last-of-us-part-ii/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Last of Us Part II</a><a href="https://www.mobiusdigitalgames.com/outer-wilds.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Outer Wilds</a><a href="https://obradinn.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Return of the Obra Dinn</a><a href="https://www.guerrilla-games.com/games" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Horizon: Zero Dawn</a><a href="https://www.guerrilla-games.com/games" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Horizon: Forbidden West</a><a href="https://www.supergiantgames.com/games/hades/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hades</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/gobelins" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GOBELINS</a> Youtube Channel <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/LikeStoriesofOld?app=desktop" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Like Stories of Old</a> Youtube Channel<a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1F4eMw3W_rHBfxf9_m1hbw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How to be a Great DM</a> Youtube Channel<a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqJ-Xo29CKyLTjn6z2XwYAw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Game Maker’s Toolkit</a> Youtube Channel<a href="https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/middle-english-dictionary" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Middle English Compendium</a><a href="https://www.harpercollins.com/products/highly-selective-thesaurus-for-the-extraordinarily-literate-eugene-ehrlich?variant=32130048393250" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Highly Selective Thesaurus for the Extraordinary Literate </a>by Eugene Ehrlich<a href="https://www.themaniculumpodcast.com/blog/categories/master-lists" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Master Lists</a> - The Maniculum PodcastOur theme music was done by <a href="https://www.isabellaness.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Isabella Ness</a>, and our logo was done by <a href="https://www.lilynishita.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lily Nishita</a>.

Zoe Franznick & Franciska Csongrady

This is the hundred and twenty-fifth episode of the GameDev.tv Community Podcast. She is a freelance Narrative Designer and Writer based in London. She works at Moon Studios as a contractor, where she has helped ship Ori and the Will of the Wisps (2020), and now she is working on a project which is under NDA.  In addition to specializing in interactive dialogue, She is particularly interested in the unique potential of games to convey narrative through the game world itself, and enjoy the challenge of being not just a storyteller, but a narrative architect.  She completed a BA (Hons) at Oxford University in 2018, where she graduated top of her year with a first class degree in English Language and Literature. She went on to study Games Design (MA) at the University of the Arts London, which she completed in 2019 with a distinction Complete Drawing Course: Create Video Game Concept Art:https://www.gamedev.tv/p/complete-drawing?coupon=K-B&amp;affcode=45216_dezckag6Unity Multiplayer Intermediate C# Coding &amp; Networking: https://www.gamedev.tv/p/unity-multiplayer/?product_id=1319848&amp;coupon_code=K-B&amp;affcode=45216_dezckag6Unreal VR Course:https://courses.gamedev.tv/p/unrealmultiplayer/?product_id=1319848&amp;coupon_code=K-B&amp;affcode=45216_dezckag6Unreal Multiplayer Course:https://courses.gamedev.tv/p/unrealvr/?product_id=1319848&amp;coupon_code=K-B&amp;affcode=45216_dezckag6Unity 3D Course:https://courses.gamedev.tv/p/complete-unity-developer-3d/?product_id=1319848&amp;coupon_code=K-B&amp;affcode=45216_dezckag6Unity 2D Course:https://courses.gamedev.tv/p/complete-unity-developer-2d/?product_id=1319848&amp;coupon_code=K-B&amp;affcode=45216_dezckag6Unity RPG Course:https://courses.gamedev.tv/p/unity-rpg/?product_id=1319848&amp;coupon_code=K-B &amp;affcode=45216_dezckag6Blender Course:https://www.gamedev.tv/p/blender/?product_id=1319848&amp;coupon_code=K-B&amp;affcode=45216_dezckag6The 2D Game Artist Course:https://www.gamedev.tv/p/gimp/?product_id=1319848&amp;coupon_code=K-B&amp;affcode=45216_dezckag6Math For Games Course:https://courses.gamedev.tv/p/math-for-games/?product_id=1319848&amp;coupon_code=K-B&amp;affcode=45216_dezckag6GameDev.tv Official PodcastEnjoy the Podcast!Support the show (https://www.gamedev.tv/p/complete-unity-developer-3d/?product_id=1319848&amp;coupon_code=The_K_B&amp;affcode=45216_dezckag6)

This is the hundred and twenty-fifth episode of the <a href="http://GameDev.tv" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GameDev.tv</a> Community Podcast. She is a freelance Narrative Designer and Writer based in London. She works at Moon Studios as a contractor, where she has helped ship Ori and the Will of the Wisps (2020), and now she is working on a project which is under NDA.   In addition to specializing in interactive dialogue, She is particularly interested in the unique potential of games to convey narrative through the game world itself, and enjoy the challenge of being not just a storyteller, but a narrative architect.   She completed a BA (Hons) at Oxford University in 2018, where she graduated top of her year with a first class degree in English Language and Literature. She went on to study Games Design (MA) at the University of the Arts London, which she completed in 2019 with a distinction Complete Drawing Course: Create Video Game Concept Art:<a href="https://www.gamedev.tv/p/complete-drawing?coupon=K-B&amp;affcode=45216_dezckag6" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.gamedev.tv/p/complete-drawing?coupon=K-B&amp;affcode=45216_dezckag6</a>Unity Multiplayer Intermediate C# Coding &amp; Networking: <a href="https://www.gamedev.tv/p/unity-multiplayer/?product_id=1319848&amp;coupon_code=K-B&amp;affcode=45216_dezckag6" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.gamedev.tv/p/unity-multiplayer/?product_id=1319848&amp;coupon_code=K-B&amp;affcode=45216_dezckag6</a>Unreal VR Course:<a href="https://courses.gamedev.tv/p/unrealmultiplayer/?product_id=1319848&amp;coupon_code=K-B&amp;affcode=45216_dezckag6" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://courses.gamedev.tv/p/unrealmultiplayer/?product_id=1319848&amp;coupon_code=K-B&amp;affcode=45216_dezckag6</a>Unreal Multiplayer Course:<a href="https://courses.gamedev.tv/p/unrealvr/?product_id=1319848&amp;coupon_code=K-B&amp;affcode=45216_dezckag6" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://courses.gamedev.tv/p/unrealvr/?product_id=1319848&amp;coupon_code=K-B&amp;affcode=45216_dezckag6</a>Unity 3D Course:<a href="https://courses.gamedev.tv/p/complete-unity-developer-3d/?product_id=1319848&amp;coupon_code=K-B&amp;affcode=45216_dezckag6" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://courses.gamedev.tv/p/complete-unity-developer-3d/?product_id=1319848&amp;coupon_code=K-B&amp;affcode=45216_dezckag6</a>Unity 2D Course:<a href="https://courses.gamedev.tv/p/complete-unity-developer-2d/?product_id=1319848&amp;coupon_code=K-B&amp;affcode=45216_dezckag6" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://courses.gamedev.tv/p/complete-unity-developer-2d/?product_id=1319848&amp;coupon_code=K-B&amp;affcode=45216_dezckag6</a>Unity RPG Course:<a href="https://courses.gamedev.tv/p/unity-rpg/?product_id=1319848&amp;coupon_code=K-B%20&amp;affcode=45216_dezckag6" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://courses.gamedev.tv/p/unity-rpg/?product_id=1319848&amp;coupon_code=K-B &amp;affcode=45216_dezckag6</a>Blender Course:<a href="https://www.gamedev.tv/p/blender/?product_id=1319848&amp;coupon_code=K-B&amp;affcode=45216_dezckag6" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.gamedev.tv/p/blender/?product_id=1319848&amp;coupon_code=K-B&amp;affcode=45216_dezckag6</a>The 2D Game Artist Course:<a href="https://www.gamedev.tv/p/gimp/?product_id=1319848&amp;coupon_code=K-B&amp;affcode=45216_dezckag6" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.gamedev.tv/p/gimp/?product_id=1319848&amp;coupon_code=K-B&amp;affcode=45216_dezckag6</a>Math For Games Course:<a href="https://courses.gamedev.tv/p/math-for-games/?product_id=1319848&amp;coupon_code=K-B&amp;affcode=45216_dezckag6" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://courses.gamedev.tv/p/math-for-games/?product_id=1319848&amp;coupon_code=K-B&amp;affcode=45216_dezckag6</a><a href="http://GameDev.tv" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GameDev.tv</a> Official PodcastEnjoy the Podcast!<a href="https://www.gamedev.tv/p/complete-unity-developer-3d/?product_id=1319848&amp;coupon_code=The_K_B&amp;affcode=45216_dezckag6" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a> (<a href="https://www.gamedev.tv/p/complete-unity-developer-3d/?product_id=1319848&amp;coupon_code=The_K_B&amp;affcode=45216_dezckag6" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.gamedev.tv/p/complete-unity-developer-3d/?product_id=1319848&amp;coupon_code=The_K_B&amp;affcode=45216_dezckag6</a>)

125: Being a Narrative Architect with Franciska Csongrady