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Narrative Design in DISPATCH with Director Nick Herman
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- Game Maker's Notebook
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- Jan 19, 2026
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- 3839
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Summary
Alexa Ray Corriea chats with Adhoc Studio's Nick Herman about their debut title, Dispatch . Together they discuss the difficulties of funding narrative based titles and how that led to their collaboration with Critical Role ; how they approached the superhero genre from outside the fandom; balancing player choice with narrative intentions; what they learned from player testing; and why they chose the episodic format. This episode is supported by Xsolla iam8bit Episode Host: Alexa Ray Corriea Producers: Claudio Tapia and Josh Chu, The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences If you enjoyed this episode, please consider subscribing and leaving us a rating and review . Follow us: linktr.ee/AIAS Please consider supporting game dev students with: AIAS Foundation