Thanks for the comments, everyone. Games and stories can fit together as do, in my analogy, music and lyrics , but I wanted to push on what that means. Specifically, focusing on character, dialogue, tone, and setting leaves more room for the player than focusing on a fixed narrative. Plot-heavy ...
So, I'm a frustrated writer Wow, that's a new one... well, perhaps I am in the sense that every time I try to write fiction, it's TERRIBLE. That's pretty frustrating. : fyi, I'm actually a programmer...
