About NarraScope

NarraScope is an event that supports interactive narrative, adventure games, and interactive fiction by bringing together writers, developers, and players.

NarraScope first took place in 2019, live at MIT. In 2020 and 2022, Narrascope was fully online (we skipped 2021). Starting in 2023 we embraced the hybrid lifestyle first to the University of Pittsburgh in 2023, and then to The Strong National Museum of Play in 2024.

Our conference aims to be a place for everyone interested in narrative games to hang out, exchange ideas, and get inspired. We do this through a broad selection of talks, keynote speakers, discussions, and workshops. Subjects vary from interactive fiction tools to writing best practices and everything in between. Previous talks had titles like “Choosing Your Happily Ever After”, “Shaping Your Story with Emotional Intelligence,” and “Adapting Film’s Techniques for Nonlinear Stories”, to give you a bit of an idea.

You can see details from our conference last year while we remodel here.

The NarraScope History site lists everything we've done over the past years here.

NarraScope celebrates the diverse voices of game design. We aim to create a safe, welcoming, and accountable space for all participants.