Audit Narrative Promises

A narrative promise is an expectation the experience teaches the player to hold about what kind of story, agency, fantasy, relationship, mystery, or consequence structure they are entering.

Promises can be explicit or implicit.

Sources of Promises

Inspect:

• title/pitch/store description when provided
• opening hour / prologue
• tutorialized narrative mechanics
• first major choice
• early companion interactions
• inciting mystery
• repeated motifs
• stated player fantasy
• examples of consequences