Emily Rose
@emilyrose9.bsky.social
Writer of pain, magic, and memory. Narrative designer & emotional worldbuilder. Building stories that guide.
Me: “I miss the old draft.”
Also me, reading the revised version:
“…okay yeah this is way better.” 😭✨
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Also me, reading the revised version:
“…okay yeah this is way better.” 😭✨
#NarrativeDesign #GameWriting #CreativeProcess #GameDev
December 20, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Me: “I miss the old draft.”
Also me, reading the revised version:
“…okay yeah this is way better.” 😭✨
#NarrativeDesign #GameWriting #CreativeProcess #GameDev
Also me, reading the revised version:
“…okay yeah this is way better.” 😭✨
#NarrativeDesign #GameWriting #CreativeProcess #GameDev
Feedback: “This part is confusing.”
Me: “Okay but is it confusing bad or confusing interesting.”
Feedback: “…both?”
Me: “Perfect, I know what to do.” 😌
🔥
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Me: “Okay but is it confusing bad or confusing interesting.”
Feedback: “…both?”
Me: “Perfect, I know what to do.” 😌
🔥
#NarrativeDesign #GameWriting #Feedback #Iteration #GameDev
December 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Feedback: “This part is confusing.”
Me: “Okay but is it confusing bad or confusing interesting.”
Feedback: “…both?”
Me: “Perfect, I know what to do.” 😌
🔥
#NarrativeDesign #GameWriting #Feedback #Iteration #GameDev
Me: “Okay but is it confusing bad or confusing interesting.”
Feedback: “…both?”
Me: “Perfect, I know what to do.” 😌
🔥
#NarrativeDesign #GameWriting #Feedback #Iteration #GameDev
Me rereading a draft: “Why does this scene feel like it wandered in from a different game.”
Scene: “I’m just vibing.”
Me: “Not anymore.” 😭✂️
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Scene: “I’m just vibing.”
Me: “Not anymore.” 😭✂️
#NarrativeDesign #GameWriting #Revision #Tone #GameDev
December 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Me rereading a draft: “Why does this scene feel like it wandered in from a different game.”
Scene: “I’m just vibing.”
Me: “Not anymore.” 😭✂️
#NarrativeDesign #GameWriting #Revision #Tone #GameDev
Scene: “I’m just vibing.”
Me: “Not anymore.” 😭✂️
#NarrativeDesign #GameWriting #Revision #Tone #GameDev
Me: “This makes sense to me.”
Also me: “But does it make sense to someone who isn’t living in my brain?”
Brain: *static noises* 📡😭
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Also me: “But does it make sense to someone who isn’t living in my brain?”
Brain: *static noises* 📡😭
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December 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Me: “This makes sense to me.”
Also me: “But does it make sense to someone who isn’t living in my brain?”
Brain: *static noises* 📡😭
#NarrativeDesign #GameWriting #PlayerExperience #Revision #GameDev
Also me: “But does it make sense to someone who isn’t living in my brain?”
Brain: *static noises* 📡😭
#NarrativeDesign #GameWriting #PlayerExperience #Revision #GameDev
Me deleting a line I love:
“I’ll remember you.” *Ctrl + X*
Me: *screams quietly into the void* 😭
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“I’ll remember you.” *Ctrl + X*
Me: *screams quietly into the void* 😭
#NarrativeDesign #GameWriting #Editing #Storycraft #GameDev
December 16, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Me deleting a line I love:
“I’ll remember you.” *Ctrl + X*
Me: *screams quietly into the void* 😭
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“I’ll remember you.” *Ctrl + X*
Me: *screams quietly into the void* 😭
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Me: “The draft is done.”
Also me, rereading it: “Wow. This is… a draft.” 😭✍️
#NarrativeDesign #GameWriting #Rewriting #CreativeProcess #GameDev
Also me, rereading it: “Wow. This is… a draft.” 😭✍️
#NarrativeDesign #GameWriting #Rewriting #CreativeProcess #GameDev
December 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Me: “The draft is done.”
Also me, rereading it: “Wow. This is… a draft.” 😭✍️
#NarrativeDesign #GameWriting #Rewriting #CreativeProcess #GameDev
Also me, rereading it: “Wow. This is… a draft.” 😭✍️
#NarrativeDesign #GameWriting #Rewriting #CreativeProcess #GameDev
Me: “I’m gonna write something emotional.”
Also me: *ruins everyone’s weekend with one line*
Players: “I trusted you.”
Me: “That was your mistake.” 😌🔥
#NarrativeDesign #GameWriting #EmotionInGames #PlayerExperience #GameDev
Also me: *ruins everyone’s weekend with one line*
Players: “I trusted you.”
Me: “That was your mistake.” 😌🔥
#NarrativeDesign #GameWriting #EmotionInGames #PlayerExperience #GameDev
December 13, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Me: “I’m gonna write something emotional.”
Also me: *ruins everyone’s weekend with one line*
Players: “I trusted you.”
Me: “That was your mistake.” 😌🔥
#NarrativeDesign #GameWriting #EmotionInGames #PlayerExperience #GameDev
Also me: *ruins everyone’s weekend with one line*
Players: “I trusted you.”
Me: “That was your mistake.” 😌🔥
#NarrativeDesign #GameWriting #EmotionInGames #PlayerExperience #GameDev
Character: “I’m fine.”
Me: “You literally are not.”
Character: “No really, I’m fine.”
Me: *gives them emotional crisis anyway*
Character: 😭
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Me: “You literally are not.”
Character: “No really, I’m fine.”
Me: *gives them emotional crisis anyway*
Character: 😭
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December 12, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Character: “I’m fine.”
Me: “You literally are not.”
Character: “No really, I’m fine.”
Me: *gives them emotional crisis anyway*
Character: 😭
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Me: “You literally are not.”
Character: “No really, I’m fine.”
Me: *gives them emotional crisis anyway*
Character: 😭
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Me: “Time for emotional payoff.”
Player: “I’m ready.”
Me: *drops one line of dialogue that shatters their soul*
Player: “I WAS NOT READY.” 😭🔥
#NarrativeDesign #GameWriting #Catharsis #EmotionalDesign #GameDev
Player: “I’m ready.”
Me: *drops one line of dialogue that shatters their soul*
Player: “I WAS NOT READY.” 😭🔥
#NarrativeDesign #GameWriting #Catharsis #EmotionalDesign #GameDev
December 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Me: “Time for emotional payoff.”
Player: “I’m ready.”
Me: *drops one line of dialogue that shatters their soul*
Player: “I WAS NOT READY.” 😭🔥
#NarrativeDesign #GameWriting #Catharsis #EmotionalDesign #GameDev
Player: “I’m ready.”
Me: *drops one line of dialogue that shatters their soul*
Player: “I WAS NOT READY.” 😭🔥
#NarrativeDesign #GameWriting #Catharsis #EmotionalDesign #GameDev
Me: “This character is vulnerable.”
Also me: *makes them stare at the floor, avoid eye contact, and whisper the saddest line in history*
Player: *already crying* 😭💔
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Also me: *makes them stare at the floor, avoid eye contact, and whisper the saddest line in history*
Player: *already crying* 😭💔
#NarrativeDesign #GameWriting #EmotionalDesign #Vulnerability #GameDev
December 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Me: “This character is vulnerable.”
Also me: *makes them stare at the floor, avoid eye contact, and whisper the saddest line in history*
Player: *already crying* 😭💔
#NarrativeDesign #GameWriting #EmotionalDesign #Vulnerability #GameDev
Also me: *makes them stare at the floor, avoid eye contact, and whisper the saddest line in history*
Player: *already crying* 😭💔
#NarrativeDesign #GameWriting #EmotionalDesign #Vulnerability #GameDev
Me: “He’s angry.”
Brain: “Okay but what if he’s angry because of trauma from childhood PLUS today’s inconvenience PLUS existential dread?”
Me: “…go on.” 😭🔥
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Brain: “Okay but what if he’s angry because of trauma from childhood PLUS today’s inconvenience PLUS existential dread?”
Me: “…go on.” 😭🔥
#NarrativeDesign #GameWriting #CharacterEmotion #Storycraft #GameDev
December 9, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Me: “He’s angry.”
Brain: “Okay but what if he’s angry because of trauma from childhood PLUS today’s inconvenience PLUS existential dread?”
Me: “…go on.” 😭🔥
#NarrativeDesign #GameWriting #CharacterEmotion #Storycraft #GameDev
Brain: “Okay but what if he’s angry because of trauma from childhood PLUS today’s inconvenience PLUS existential dread?”
Me: “…go on.” 😭🔥
#NarrativeDesign #GameWriting #CharacterEmotion #Storycraft #GameDev
Me writing emotions: “He’s sad.”
Also me: *gives him a tragic backstory, rain scene, and internal monologue of pain* Sad? No. Traumatized. 😭🌧️
#NarrativeDesign #GameWriting #CharacterDesign #EmotionInGames #GameDev
Also me: *gives him a tragic backstory, rain scene, and internal monologue of pain* Sad? No. Traumatized. 😭🌧️
#NarrativeDesign #GameWriting #CharacterDesign #EmotionInGames #GameDev
December 8, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Me writing emotions: “He’s sad.”
Also me: *gives him a tragic backstory, rain scene, and internal monologue of pain* Sad? No. Traumatized. 😭🌧️
#NarrativeDesign #GameWriting #CharacterDesign #EmotionInGames #GameDev
Also me: *gives him a tragic backstory, rain scene, and internal monologue of pain* Sad? No. Traumatized. 😭🌧️
#NarrativeDesign #GameWriting #CharacterDesign #EmotionInGames #GameDev
Player: “This is MY version of the story.”
Me: “Yes king/queen/royal chaos creature, claim it.” 👑🔥
#NarrativeDesign #InteractiveStorytelling #GameWriting #PlayerExperience #GameDev
Me: “Yes king/queen/royal chaos creature, claim it.” 👑🔥
#NarrativeDesign #InteractiveStorytelling #GameWriting #PlayerExperience #GameDev
December 6, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Player: “This is MY version of the story.”
Me: “Yes king/queen/royal chaos creature, claim it.” 👑🔥
#NarrativeDesign #InteractiveStorytelling #GameWriting #PlayerExperience #GameDev
Me: “Yes king/queen/royal chaos creature, claim it.” 👑🔥
#NarrativeDesign #InteractiveStorytelling #GameWriting #PlayerExperience #GameDev
Player: *steals one apple*
NPCs: “So you’ve chosen a life of crime.”
Me: “Guys he’s literally hungry.” 🍎💀
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NPCs: “So you’ve chosen a life of crime.”
Me: “Guys he’s literally hungry.” 🍎💀
#NarrativeDesign #GameWriting #NPCDesign #PlayerAgency #GameDev
December 5, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Player: *steals one apple*
NPCs: “So you’ve chosen a life of crime.”
Me: “Guys he’s literally hungry.” 🍎💀
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NPCs: “So you’ve chosen a life of crime.”
Me: “Guys he’s literally hungry.” 🍎💀
#NarrativeDesign #GameWriting #NPCDesign #PlayerAgency #GameDev
Player: *steps slightly off the main path*
Me: “SURPRISE LORE!”
Player: “I just wanted to look at a tree.” 🌳📜😂
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Me: “SURPRISE LORE!”
Player: “I just wanted to look at a tree.” 🌳📜😂
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December 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Player: *steps slightly off the main path*
Me: “SURPRISE LORE!”
Player: “I just wanted to look at a tree.” 🌳📜😂
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Me: “SURPRISE LORE!”
Player: “I just wanted to look at a tree.” 🌳📜😂
#NarrativeDesign #GameWriting #PlayerExperience #InteractiveStorytelling #GameDev
Player: *kicks one random chicken*
Entire town: “This is now personal.”
Me: “Consequences!” 🐔🔥
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Entire town: “This is now personal.”
Me: “Consequences!” 🐔🔥
#NarrativeDesign #GameWriting #WorldState #PlayerChoice #GameDev
December 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Player: *kicks one random chicken*
Entire town: “This is now personal.”
Me: “Consequences!” 🐔🔥
#NarrativeDesign #GameWriting #WorldState #PlayerChoice #GameDev
Entire town: “This is now personal.”
Me: “Consequences!” 🐔🔥
#NarrativeDesign #GameWriting #WorldState #PlayerChoice #GameDev
Me: “Here are three morally complex choices.”
Player: *chooses chaos option every time*
Me: “…I respect it, actually.” 🔥💀
#NarrativeDesign #ChoiceDesign #GameWriting #PlayerAgency #GameDev
Player: *chooses chaos option every time*
Me: “…I respect it, actually.” 🔥💀
#NarrativeDesign #ChoiceDesign #GameWriting #PlayerAgency #GameDev
December 2, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Me: “Here are three morally complex choices.”
Player: *chooses chaos option every time*
Me: “…I respect it, actually.” 🔥💀
#NarrativeDesign #ChoiceDesign #GameWriting #PlayerAgency #GameDev
Player: *chooses chaos option every time*
Me: “…I respect it, actually.” 🔥💀
#NarrativeDesign #ChoiceDesign #GameWriting #PlayerAgency #GameDev
Me: “This story will respond to the player.”
Player: *does something I never predicted ever*
Me: “HELLO?? WHERE DID YOU LEARN THAT.” 😭🎮
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Player: *does something I never predicted ever*
Me: “HELLO?? WHERE DID YOU LEARN THAT.” 😭🎮
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December 1, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Me: “This story will respond to the player.”
Player: *does something I never predicted ever*
Me: “HELLO?? WHERE DID YOU LEARN THAT.” 😭🎮
#NarrativeDesign #GameWriting #InteractiveStorytelling #PlayerAgency #GameDev
Player: *does something I never predicted ever*
Me: “HELLO?? WHERE DID YOU LEARN THAT.” 😭🎮
#NarrativeDesign #GameWriting #InteractiveStorytelling #PlayerAgency #GameDev
Me: “I want players to feel at home in this world.”
Also me: *adds one haunted forest, three curses, and emotional trauma*
Player: “So… cozy?” 🥲🌲
#NarrativeDesign #Worldbuilding #GameWriting #PlayerExperience #GameDev
Also me: *adds one haunted forest, three curses, and emotional trauma*
Player: “So… cozy?” 🥲🌲
#NarrativeDesign #Worldbuilding #GameWriting #PlayerExperience #GameDev
November 29, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Me: “I want players to feel at home in this world.”
Also me: *adds one haunted forest, three curses, and emotional trauma*
Player: “So… cozy?” 🥲🌲
#NarrativeDesign #Worldbuilding #GameWriting #PlayerExperience #GameDev
Also me: *adds one haunted forest, three curses, and emotional trauma*
Player: “So… cozy?” 🥲🌲
#NarrativeDesign #Worldbuilding #GameWriting #PlayerExperience #GameDev
Me:
• Option A: polite
• Option B: snarky
• Option C: unhinged
Player: *chooses unhinged every time*
Me: “I respect the consistency.” 😭🔥
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• Option A: polite
• Option B: snarky
• Option C: unhinged
Player: *chooses unhinged every time*
Me: “I respect the consistency.” 😭🔥
#NarrativeDesign #ChoiceDesign #CharacterVoice #GameWriting #GameDev
November 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Me:
• Option A: polite
• Option B: snarky
• Option C: unhinged
Player: *chooses unhinged every time*
Me: “I respect the consistency.” 😭🔥
#NarrativeDesign #ChoiceDesign #CharacterVoice #GameWriting #GameDev
• Option A: polite
• Option B: snarky
• Option C: unhinged
Player: *chooses unhinged every time*
Me: “I respect the consistency.” 😭🔥
#NarrativeDesign #ChoiceDesign #CharacterVoice #GameWriting #GameDev
Me: “Let’s add cultural depth.”
Brain: “What if the entire village has beef with bread?”
Me: “Why??”
Brain: “Worldbuilding.” 🍞🔥
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Brain: “What if the entire village has beef with bread?”
Me: “Why??”
Brain: “Worldbuilding.” 🍞🔥
#NarrativeDesign #Worldbuilding #GameWriting #Storycraft #GameDev
November 27, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Me: “Let’s add cultural depth.”
Brain: “What if the entire village has beef with bread?”
Me: “Why??”
Brain: “Worldbuilding.” 🍞🔥
#NarrativeDesign #Worldbuilding #GameWriting #Storycraft #GameDev
Brain: “What if the entire village has beef with bread?”
Me: “Why??”
Brain: “Worldbuilding.” 🍞🔥
#NarrativeDesign #Worldbuilding #GameWriting #Storycraft #GameDev
Me trying to write five characters talking: “Okay who said that line— because this was NOT your vocabulary, sir.” 😭🎤
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#NarrativeDesign #CharacterDesign #Dialogue #GameWriting #GameDev
November 27, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Me trying to write five characters talking: “Okay who said that line— because this was NOT your vocabulary, sir.” 😭🎤
#NarrativeDesign #CharacterDesign #Dialogue #GameWriting #GameDev
#NarrativeDesign #CharacterDesign #Dialogue #GameWriting #GameDev
Me writing dialogue: “Say the thing.”
Character: “I’m gonna say EVERYTHING except the thing.”
Me: “WHY are you like this.” 😭📝
#NarrativeDesign #Dialogue #CharacterVoice #GameWriting #GameDev
Character: “I’m gonna say EVERYTHING except the thing.”
Me: “WHY are you like this.” 😭📝
#NarrativeDesign #Dialogue #CharacterVoice #GameWriting #GameDev
November 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Me writing dialogue: “Say the thing.”
Character: “I’m gonna say EVERYTHING except the thing.”
Me: “WHY are you like this.” 😭📝
#NarrativeDesign #Dialogue #CharacterVoice #GameWriting #GameDev
Character: “I’m gonna say EVERYTHING except the thing.”
Me: “WHY are you like this.” 😭📝
#NarrativeDesign #Dialogue #CharacterVoice #GameWriting #GameDev
Me: “This world is big and mystical.”
Character: “I live here and everything tries to kill me.”
Me: “Okay, but it’s pretty, right?” 🌄💀
#NarrativeDesign #Worldbuilding #GameWriting #Storycraft #GameDev
Character: “I live here and everything tries to kill me.”
Me: “Okay, but it’s pretty, right?” 🌄💀
#NarrativeDesign #Worldbuilding #GameWriting #Storycraft #GameDev
November 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Me: “This world is big and mystical.”
Character: “I live here and everything tries to kill me.”
Me: “Okay, but it’s pretty, right?” 🌄💀
#NarrativeDesign #Worldbuilding #GameWriting #Storycraft #GameDev
Character: “I live here and everything tries to kill me.”
Me: “Okay, but it’s pretty, right?” 🌄💀
#NarrativeDesign #Worldbuilding #GameWriting #Storycraft #GameDev
Brain: “New idea.”
Me: “We’re busy.”
Brain: “NEW. IDEA.”
Me: *writing at 1am* 😭💡
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Me: “We’re busy.”
Brain: “NEW. IDEA.”
Me: *writing at 1am* 😭💡
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November 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Brain: “New idea.”
Me: “We’re busy.”
Brain: “NEW. IDEA.”
Me: *writing at 1am* 😭💡
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Me: “We’re busy.”
Brain: “NEW. IDEA.”
Me: *writing at 1am* 😭💡
#NarrativeDesign #GameWriting #Creativity #GameDev #Craft