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Candle Craft 19: Knife Theory

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Candle Craft 18: Start at the End

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Candle Craft 17: Replay Value

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Candle Craft 16: Interface Feedback

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Candle Craft 15: Narrative Tools

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Candle Craft 14: How to Start Writing

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Candle Craft 13: Fractal Storytelling

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Candle Craft 12: Unity of Effect

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Candle Craft 11: But Therefore

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Candle Craft 10: Okay Choices

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Candle Craft 9: Tactics & Strategy

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Candle Craft 8: Writing Good Choices

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Candle Craft 7: The Spider Test

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Candle Craft 6: Matriarch, Patriarch, Scholar, and Fool

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Candle Craft 5: The Story Mind

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Heartthrobs and Heartaches: GDC Summary

On March 18, Andrew and Megan spoke at the Game Narrative Summit at GDC 2025, presenting a talk where they shared some insights on crafting memorable love interests for interactive romance games using examples of love interests they’ve written. In this blog post, we wanted to share a few of the talk’s highlights!