Hannah Nicklin

excellent source of further reading on story in videogames with more of a focus on narrative design, then I would recommend starting with Emily Short’s invaluable blog.

storytelling in games is made up of backend tools, material gameplay and design decisions, narrative, UI, character design and development, text styles and effects, and writing, as well as plot, world building, and filling in the gaps between them with dialogue.

Narrative design is the practice of game design with story at its heart.