How Outer Wilds Tells a Story Through Exploration

From “Story Mode”. ( YouTube / Nebula )

We examine the techniques the game designers utilize to incite player curiosity, how the writings of a lost civilization provide the player with clues about where to go and what to do next, and what this all looks like when it comes together in one of the game’s most exciting discoveries.

From the team behind @LessonsfromtheScreenplay.

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Special Thanks
Alex Beachum (https://twitter.com/AlexBeachum)
Kelsey Beachum (https://twitter.com/VanKelsing)
Mobius Digital Games (https://twitter.com/Mobius_Games)

Directed by
Michael Tucker (https://twitter.com/michaeltuckerla)

Producers
Vince Major (https://twitter.com/VinceMajor)
Wyatt Strain (https://twitter.com/wyattari)
Michael Tucker

Writers
Brian Bitner (https://twitter.com/BrianBitner)
Alex Calleros (https://twitter.com/Alex_Calleros)
Michael Tucker

Editors
Alex Calleros
Michael Tucker

Game Capture Artist
Wyatt Strain

Sound Editing
Graham Haerther

Founder-level Patrons
Sharon Fagen
Kunal Nayyar

Original Music by:
Mystery Circles

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Mods used:
https://outerwildsmods.com/