A Craft Game

THE STORY
ENGINE

Learn storytelling by making choices that matter
How It Works
Four principles. Six stages. Every choice teaches you something.
01
Six Stages
Your story travels through all 6 Muse plot points — Hook through Jab.
02
Four Principles
Each choice tests one of the 4 Ps. A badge tells you which one is active.
03
Story Energy
Right choices build energy. Wrong ones cost it. Reach 5 to complete your story.
04
Your Card
At the end, generate an illustration and create a shareable story card.
Your Two Frameworks
The 4 Ps of Story
People — The HeartDesire, motivation, the human signal.
Plot — The EngineConflict and stakes. What happens next?
Place — The WorldSpecific tangible detail. Makes it real.
Purpose — The SoulThe why. What should the audience feel?
The 6 Plot Points
HookA promise. Creates a must-answer question.
ConflictWorld knocked off axis. Engine starts.
InitiationCharacter decides to act.
JourneyWins, wipeouts, the wild middle.
ResolutionClimax. Conflict resolved.
JabThe mic drop. Universal truth.