The Alchemy of Character Design: Transmuting Narrative into Experience

Our Guest of Honor Freja Gyldenstrøm discusses how the characters we follow and temporarily inhabit in immersive and participatory stories shape our overall experience, and how to craft characters that invite connection. This program item mixes examples from genres as different as a Ukrainian romance mobile game, tabletop RPGs, and Nordic larp with practical advice, a little light literary theory, and, time permitting, a short exercise that’ll let you leave with your own ready-to-play Ropecon character.