[Episode 1.16] Storyboarding week 1

Hey guys!  I had a good, solid week building up the storyboard for episode 1.16, “Girls Night Out”.

I already have an outline of the “beats” I want this episode to contain. As explained in a previous report, storyboarding is where the outline gets converted to an actual structure.

I added 94 slides to the 1.16 storyboard this week, including two new mini-scenes that weren’t in the outline but I’m excited about.

(For comparison, the storyboard I created for 1.15 was 178 slides long. Interested parties can check out that storyboard here:

For privacy sign out of Google before clicking this link, otherwise people may see your Google username if they browse it at the same time.  1.15 storyboard )

Linearity
I had an interesting talk this week with Breadloaf about the game. One of the problems we discussed is how linear the experience is so far.

To an extent, this part of the story was always going to be linear. The heroine must infiltrate the club and she must work undercover, meet certain NPCs, etc. (I always compare this part of the story to the first part of Mass Effect, before Shepard becomes a SPECTRE agent and takes command of the Normandy.)

At a certain point in the story, my vision is that the game world will open up more to our heroine. She’ll have a range of quests to choose from, and she’ll have more control over how they play out.

However: I do want to go back over this section and add in some different choices, side quests and skill checks (so replays aren’t so predictable).

I have ideas for what I want to do – but you guys are playing it, and I’d love to have your input on this. What are some things you’d like to change or add to the storyline so far? Message me here or on Discord with your thots.

Okay…that’s all for this week’s report. I’m aiming to finish the storyboard next week: I’ll report back here with my progress.

Have a great weekend, everybody! I am going to take the weekend off to recharge my poor ancient brain. But I’ll be floating around on Discord if anybody wants to talk to me! Female Agent is my favourite subject, so if you have ideas, questions or suggestions, don’t hesitate to slide in my DMs.  🥰