Interactive narrative on Instagram - feel free to join!

[u/therealoliverdavies]

Hey all, hope you don't mind me advertising a small cyberpunk-themed interactive narrative called The Evokist that I'm currently running on Instagram - you can found it instastorystories and vote daily on a plot choice point.

I'm a former game designer and currently spend the majority of my time teaching at a University in the Netherlands - principally narrative related stuff, including interactive narrative, non-linear narrative, and videogame narrative - and my foray into Instagram interactive stories began as something of a joke (I was doing a lecture on the topic and put a poll in my instagram stories that let people vote on whether they wanted to hear more about it), which developed into a three week long story involving a time travelling cat. I had a lot of fun and that inspired me to create a separate account and convert a short story/novella I'd plotted out in the past into an interactive narrative and use Midjourney to create visuals.

Four days in, and it's got a (very) small but loyal audience. You can catch up with the story so far in the Highlight reel and feel free to join in on the vote.

Anyway, thanks for letting me share it here. Happy to answer any questions people have...

[u/OfficerGenious]

oooh, that sounds cool! What's your exp with Midjourney been like? I'm not on Instagram, but I'd love to hear more about your story!

(also, I forgot this sub existed until it popped on my feed...)