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A huge dark flowchart titled "How to Write a Game Story". A green START triangle leads to "Add zombies." and "Do you care about story?", then branches through questions like "Are you pretentious?", "Sweet. Genre?", "Is there a princess, possibly in another castle?", "Aliens?", "Mafia?", and "Cool with cribbing Tolkien?". Endings include "THE END", "NOPE SEQUEL", "Oh. You don't need this chart.", and "Real clever.…

How to Write a Game Story, Zombies Optional

A sprawling flowchart parodies video game plots: zombies, princesses in castles, Han Solo heroes, Tolkien cribbing, ancient artifacts and the inevitable sequel.

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A huge dark flowchart titled "How to Write a Game Story". A green START triangle leads to "Add zombies." and "Do you care about story?", then branches through questions like "Are you pretentious?", "Sweet. Genre?", "Is there a princess, possibly in another castle?", "Aliens?", "Mafia?", and "Cool with cribbing Tolkien?". Endings include "THE END", "NOPE SEQUEL", "Oh. You don't need this chart.", and "Real clever.…

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A collage of video game artwork in a grid: a golden angular figure, a dark armored warrior, a figure wreathed in fire and smoke, a hooded assassin's blade, the golden Triforce, a dark armored soldier, and a glowing orange mechanical arm. Top text: "IF VIDEOGAMES HAVE TAUGHT ME ANYTHING". Bottom text: "IT'S THAT IF YOU ENCOUNTER ENEMIES, THEN YOU'RE GOING THE RIGHT WAY." Black-and-white hand-drawn comic styled like a side-scrolling platformer. A small figure climbs stairs collecting stars and reaches an EXIT. Screen: "LEVEL END you have gathered ✸ x 3,154 it is pointless to gather these". The figure then meets a large dark creature: "i have done nothing wrong but you are still going to destroy me". The creature sobs. Caption: "CREATURE most vulnerable while HEAVING WITH SOBS". The… A demotivational-poster-style image with a black background. A pixel art portrait shows a green-skinned man with a teal pompadour, a cybernetic metal plate over one eye with a glowing red lens, and a purple cloak, against an orange backdrop. Large text: "VIDEO GAME MEME". Smaller text: "Leroy Jenkins stole my sweet roll when I found out the cake was a lie. I yelled objection, but he did a barrel roll, so now all my… A 3x3 alignment chart on a black background, each square a portrait of a game industry figure with a quote. LAWFUL GOOD: "A delayed game is eventually good, a bad game is bad forever." NEUTRAL GOOD: "I get about 10,000 emails each time we release a game, and while I can't respond to all of them, I do read all of them." CHAOTIC GOOD: "As long as there's at least one publisher out there who is interested in… Three-column flowchart with green safe and red death outcomes. Sections: The Approach, The Base, The Endgame. Covers armor, shields, weapons, vents, long walk, escort, crew, final fight, hold the line and commander. Black and white circular diagram titled "The Hero's Journey". A circle is split into Ordinary World (top) and Special World (bottom) with World Navel at the center. Stages run around it: Call to Adventure, Mentor, Road of Trials, First Threshold, Ordeal, Second Threshold, Resurrection, Return. Acts One to Three are labeled.

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