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key: mechanic/point-and-click--family-34
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id: point-and-click--family-34
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title: Content creation and narrative control
summary: >-
  The player creates content or stages events that shape the unfolding
  narrative.
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  - Creating content and stories
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  - Extended adventure systems
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  - id: source-66b8bba810f83fc8
    title: Storyteller
    url: 'https://store.steampowered.com/app/1624540/'
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  preview:
    updatedAt: '2026-10-22'
    title: Creating content and stories
    description: >-
      The player creates content or stages events that shape the unfolding
      narrative.
    image:
      src: images/mechanics/adventure-storyteller-00.webp
      width: 1440
      height: 810
      game: Storyteller
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      credit: Daniel Benmergui / Annapurna Interactive
      rights: >-
        Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Publisher-distributed
        Steam screenshot; all rights reserved. Excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0.
      caption: Scenes and characters build a three-panel story
      alt: Scenes and characters build a three-panel story
      markers:
        - x: 44
          'y': 24
          label: The goal specifies the required story outcome
        - x: 54
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          label: Available scenes and characters
    tips:
      - Show how a selected element changes the meaning of later scenes.
    examples:
      - title: Storyteller
        url: 'https://store.steampowered.com/app/1624540/'
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provenance: >-
  Original taxonomy adapted from user-selected design discussions; linked
  sources support specific examples, not the whole classification.
license: CC-BY-4.0
codeLicense: MIT
attribution: gamemechanics.pro contributors
catalogKey: catalog/point-and-click
---
# Content creation and narrative control

id: point-and-click--family-34
type: mechanic
key: mechanic/point-and-click--family-34
lang: en
status: active
url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/point-and-click--family-34/

The player creates content or stages events that shape the unfolding narrative.

## At a glance

![Scenes and characters build a three-panel story](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/adventure-storyteller-00.webp)

[Storyteller](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1624540/) · Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Publisher-distributed Steam screenshot; all rights reserved. Excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0.

1. The goal specifies the required story outcome
2. Available scenes and characters

- Show how a selected element changes the meaning of later scenes.

- [Storyteller](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1624540/)

## How it works

The player creates content or stages events that shape the unfolding narrative.

## Variants

### Variants

<a id="family-34-branch-1"></a>

- Drawing: create recognized images, symbols, maps or plans. <a id="family-34-variant-1"></a>
- Text: assemble meaningful letters, statements, slogans or notices. <a id="family-34-variant-2"></a>
- Editing: arrange recording, scene, image or message fragments. <a id="family-34-variant-3"></a>
- Staging: assign roles, actions and circumstances for a target result. <a id="family-34-variant-4"></a>
- Story editing: alter scenes, participants and conditions affecting the ending. <a id="family-34-variant-5"></a>
- Materializing ideas: turn words, drawings or descriptions into objects under explicit rules. <a id="family-34-variant-6"></a>
- Interpretation: establish an event version changing reactions or progression. <a id="family-34-variant-7"></a>
- Narrator role: control descriptions, memory, viewpoint and narrative elements. <a id="family-34-variant-8"></a>

## Context and limits

A working classification with 44 families and 355 variants. Families overlap: one puzzle can combine items, dialogue, deduction and a character schedule. Core actions, progression architecture and assistance are separate layers. Sources identify examples from neighboring adventure genres.

## Connected materials


## Sources and provenance

Original taxonomy adapted from user-selected design discussions; linked sources support specific examples, not the whole classification.

- [Storyteller](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1624540/) (id: source-66b8bba810f83fc8)

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