11:00-13:00 // KEYNOTE SPEECH
Speaker: Dario D’Ambra
How would praying mantises handle a relationship if they had human feelings? This was one of the main premises of our Don’t Make Love game. In order to tell a love story like that, we decided to create a system of dialogue that would allow you to directly write down the answer you have in mind without proposing multiple options. However, this kind of system is highly dependent on the cooperation of the player. This talk focuses on the narrative and writing techniques we used to obtain the collaboration and involvement needed to establish a meaningful and satisfying conversation.