Anton Outkine
@antonoutkine.bsky.social
Narrative designer / Filmmaker / Screenwriter • Type IV Kardashian Civilization
He / him, but also 💛🤍💜🖤
One half 🇷🇺, the other 🇺🇦, obviously ☮️
He / him, but also 💛🤍💜🖤
One half 🇷🇺, the other 🇺🇦, obviously ☮️
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Anton Outkine
@antonoutkine.bsky.social
· Nov 28
Uh, hey. So I moved to Serbia, and perhaps it's time to move away from Xwitter, or at least spend less time there.
I'm Anton, a former filmmaker and screenwriter and now a narrative designer. I'm writing a book on narrative design together with @natahq.bsky.social, out at CRC Press in 2025 or so.
I'm Anton, a former filmmaker and screenwriter and now a narrative designer. I'm writing a book on narrative design together with @natahq.bsky.social, out at CRC Press in 2025 or so.
One of the best art PC VR projects our there got a remaster and a release on Steam — cheers, @vitalijuszukas.bsky.social!
Grab it here: store.steampowered.com/app/3478720/...
Grab it here: store.steampowered.com/app/3478720/...
Save 15% on Trail of Angels on Steam
"Trail of Angels" is a virtual reality journey that explores deep themes of human existence, the nature of the world and the essence of being, brought to life through the captivating works o...
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March 17, 2025 at 2:12 PM
One of the best art PC VR projects our there got a remaster and a release on Steam — cheers, @vitalijuszukas.bsky.social!
Grab it here: store.steampowered.com/app/3478720/...
Grab it here: store.steampowered.com/app/3478720/...
Now I can say what I’m working on: our public alpha playtest is now live. Even if you don't like tanks, join us for some fast-paced hero action in a techno-optimistic alt timeline! It's early days, but you can get a sense of what's coming. Activate using code CWALPHA2 at wargaming.net till March 2.
February 6, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Now I can say what I’m working on: our public alpha playtest is now live. Even if you don't like tanks, join us for some fast-paced hero action in a techno-optimistic alt timeline! It's early days, but you can get a sense of what's coming. Activate using code CWALPHA2 at wargaming.net till March 2.
Yeah, we're very curious, esp. if you're working with a bigger team.
Fellow narrative designers, how did you advocate, explain, and promote the value of narrative in your games to the team, especially in non-narrative driven projects?
Internal social media? Workshops? Anything else?
Internal social media? Workshops? Anything else?
January 29, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Yeah, we're very curious, esp. if you're working with a bigger team.
Also, @natahq.bsky.social and I are integrating @inkle.co's Ink into a relatively big commercial project, so if anyone has any experience with larger / non-indie Ink productions, we'd love to chat!
January 19, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Also, @natahq.bsky.social and I are integrating @inkle.co's Ink into a relatively big commercial project, so if anyone has any experience with larger / non-indie Ink productions, we'd love to chat!
I’m with @jon.inkle.co on this; we could do a lot better in video games. My filmmaking background helps me to at least try and write more succinctly and on point, while also being less expository. Whenever I see a brief, evocative, poetic line of text that makes sense and matters, I’m quietly happy.
I’ll try this again.
The NYT interviewed me about writing, inkle, the purpose of the work.
There’s also a ragebait lede. Don’t rage; move on; touch the grass; eat a cookie. If you disagree then maybe you don’t care and that’s okay.
The NYT interviewed me about writing, inkle, the purpose of the work.
There’s also a ragebait lede. Don’t rage; move on; touch the grass; eat a cookie. If you disagree then maybe you don’t care and that’s okay.
A Video Game Writer’s Lament: ‘We Can Do Quite a Lot Better’ (Gift Article)
Jon Ingold, an author of celebrated narrative-driven games, thinks the industry fails to celebrate good writing or recognize it as a craft.
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I’m with @jon.inkle.co on this; we could do a lot better in video games. My filmmaking background helps me to at least try and write more succinctly and on point, while also being less expository. Whenever I see a brief, evocative, poetic line of text that makes sense and matters, I’m quietly happy.
Twinklified my new apartment in downtown-ish Belgrade. Still a bit lonely, but now with blinkenlights!
December 25, 2024 at 8:01 PM
Twinklified my new apartment in downtown-ish Belgrade. Still a bit lonely, but now with blinkenlights!
Went to a Serbian Games Association meetup and it was a blast — after a bunch of very good pitches I found myself barhopping with jolly Serbs and some local Russian colleagues, eventually ending the evening with jokes, beer, and new acquaintances. I'm really hoping to find my new home here.
December 4, 2024 at 7:32 PM
Went to a Serbian Games Association meetup and it was a blast — after a bunch of very good pitches I found myself barhopping with jolly Serbs and some local Russian colleagues, eventually ending the evening with jokes, beer, and new acquaintances. I'm really hoping to find my new home here.
If there are apparatchiks, then there might be narrativschiks as well. NDs of Slavic / Eastern European / ex-USSR origin with English as a second language?
November 29, 2024 at 3:02 PM
If there are apparatchiks, then there might be narrativschiks as well. NDs of Slavic / Eastern European / ex-USSR origin with English as a second language?
Uh, hey. So I moved to Serbia, and perhaps it's time to move away from Xwitter, or at least spend less time there.
I'm Anton, a former filmmaker and screenwriter and now a narrative designer. I'm writing a book on narrative design together with @natahq.bsky.social, out at CRC Press in 2025 or so.
I'm Anton, a former filmmaker and screenwriter and now a narrative designer. I'm writing a book on narrative design together with @natahq.bsky.social, out at CRC Press in 2025 or so.
November 28, 2024 at 10:01 PM
Uh, hey. So I moved to Serbia, and perhaps it's time to move away from Xwitter, or at least spend less time there.
I'm Anton, a former filmmaker and screenwriter and now a narrative designer. I'm writing a book on narrative design together with @natahq.bsky.social, out at CRC Press in 2025 or so.
I'm Anton, a former filmmaker and screenwriter and now a narrative designer. I'm writing a book on narrative design together with @natahq.bsky.social, out at CRC Press in 2025 or so.