Daniel Benmergui's guest appearances

Daniel Benmergui

Designer Notes

Eggplant: The Secret Lives of Games

Alex Hutchinson

Chelsea Howe

Brian Reynolds

Rob Daviau

Meg Jayanth

Nels Anderson

Brad Muir

Josh Sawyer

Amy Hennig

Chris Avellone

Liz Ryerson

Chet Faliszek

Robin Hunicke

Lucas Pope

Nina Freeman

OwlTail

We're joined by Daniel Benmergui (I Wish I Were the Moon, Fidel Dungeon Rescue), creator of the narrative-weaving puzzle game Storyteller. We discuss the challenges of designing playful and snappy interaction, wrangling cause and effect, and managing expectations for a game 15 years in the making. Daniel Benmergui Storyteller Cosmicomics Petri Purho I Wish I Were the Moon Today I Die Fidel Dungeon Rescue Scribblenauts Florence worm club Framed Façade

We're joined by Daniel Benmergui (I Wish I Were the Moon, Fidel Dungeon Rescue), creator of the narrative-weaving puzzle game Storyteller. We discuss the challenges of designing playful and snappy interaction, wrangling cause and effect, and managing expectations for a game 15 years in the making. <a href="http://ludomancy.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Daniel Benmergui</a> <a href="https://annapurnainteractive.com/en/games/storyteller" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Storyteller</a> <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmicomics" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cosmicomics</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petri_Purho" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Petri Purho</a> <a href="https://danielben.itch.io/i-wish-i-were-the-moon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">I Wish I Were the Moon</a> <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Today_I_Die" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Today I Die</a> <a href="https://danielben.itch.io/fidel-dungeon-rescue" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fidel Dungeon Rescue</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scribblenauts" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scribblenauts</a> <a href="https://annapurnainteractive.com/en/games/florence" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Florence</a> <a href="https://www.wormclub.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">worm club</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Framed_(video_game)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Framed</a> <a href="https://www.playablstudios.com/facade" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Façade</a>

113: On top of the Fires of Hell w/ Daniel Benmergui (Storyteller)

In this episode, Adam Saltsman interviews independent game developer Daniel Benmergui, who is best known for experimental story games like Today I Die, I Wish I Were The Moon, and the IGF-winning Storyteller. He is currently working on the Indie Fund-backed puzzle game Ernesto. They discuss why games should not be designed backwards, how to recover from the burden of success, why players have difficulty committing a murder of jealousy in Storyteller, and whether Chris Hecker hates Ernesto.

Designer Notes 8: Daniel Benmergui