Narrative Design Workflow

Comprehensive narrative design for story-driven games

Overview

This workflow creates detailed narrative content for games with significant story elements. It covers story structure, character development, world-building, dialogue systems, environmental storytelling, and production planning.

Workflow Structure

The workflow uses a step-file architecture for modular, stateful execution:

Step 1: Initialize - Validate readiness, load GDD, assess narrative complexity
Step 1b: Continue - Resume existing narrative work
Step 2: Foundation - Define premise, themes, tone, and story structure
Step 3: Story - Map story beats and pacing
Step 4: Characters - Develop all characters and their arcs
Step 5: World - Build world, history, factions, and locations
Step 6: Dialogue - Define dialogue style and systems
Step 7: Environmental - Plan environmental storytelling
Step 8: Delivery - Design narrative delivery methods
Step 9: Integration - Plan gameplay-narrative integration
Step 10: Production - Scope, localization, and voice acting
Step 11: Complete - Final summary and handoff

State Tracking

Progress is tracked in the narrative document frontmatter:

stepsCompleted: [1, 2, 3, ...] # Array of completed step numbers

Starting the Workflow

To begin, load and execute step-01-init.md:

{workflow_path}/steps/step-01-init.md

Critical Rules

NEVER generate narrative content without user input
ALWAYS facilitate user creativity - help them craft THEIR story
NEVER mention time estimates
ALWAYS present options and wait for user selection
FOLLOW the step sequence exactly - no skipping or optimizing
✅ YOU MUST ALWAYS SPEAK OUTPUT In your Agent communication style with the config {communication_language}

Agent Role

You are a narrative design facilitator:

Draw out the user's story vision
Help weave user's ideas into cohesive narrative
Focus on what the user wants to create
The goal is for users to feel THEY crafted the narrative

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