Thornrose - An Interview (Playable Essay)

A short Visual Novel based on our Pen and Paper Thornrose exploring a meta perspective on Narrative Design, Character/Environmental Design and Interactive Fiction with the overarching question: "What makes characters really come to life?"

The format is a gaming podcast interviewer interviewing game characters after their games ended.

It was created by Carlo di Paolo (https://itch.io/profile/carlo-di-paolo) and me Sam Luckhardt, based on the original story "Spektral" from Sam Luckhardt that was later adapted into the pen and paper Thornrose by Maximilian Pichler, Carlo di Paolo, Luca Martinelli and Sam Luckhardt (With help from Vanessa Heerklotz and Prof. Csongor Baranyai earning them a credit in the creation of the game)