#unless you've played games that use mechanics to reinforce their stories

[metanarrates]

orv scratches that good gamer itch in my brain because i learned about the term "ludonarrative resonance" once in class and now every time i see a mechanic that serves as storytelling fuel i start screeching with delight

#narrates #orv #orv is CHOCK full of shit like that i go nuts for it constantly #coins stigmas skills PROBABILITY. literally every mechanic gets used to its fullest both as plot device and as a thematic or character tool #i was talking with my fiancee about this. orv feels like the result of some people who really enjoy escapist powerleveling nonsense #but who think very very hard about how stories function and want desperately to talk about it #they consider pretty carefully what 'skills' in other similar settings have the potential to stand for. its very good stuff #i also do find it likely that they are Gamers. you don't spend that level of time thinking about mechanics and magic systems #unless you've played games that use mechanics to reinforce their stories