The_Birthday_Party

Context

A meta-narrative experiment exploring how the frame of a game — windows, prompts, file systems — can become its narrator. The script (16,000 words) branches through themes of isolation, presence, and the small rebellions of agency.

My Role

• Authored the entire branching script and dialogue tree.
• Built specialized C# logic for simulated OS interactions and meta-level feedback.
• Designed the merging of literary narrative with systemic mechanics.

Why It Matters

This is the project where I stopped asking what story does the game tell and started asking what story does the interface tell. The answer changed how I design.