ORION D. BLACK: CIRCLE THEORY (Global Speaker Series)

Orion D. Black gives a talk and answers questions about Circle Theory on TAG's online Global Speaker Series: Rethinking Playfulness! Join us in listening to perspectives on game design, playfulness and storytelling!

The talk starts at 06:00
Q&A starts at 53:08

Orion D. Black, is a non-binary queer writer and director based in Seattle. They currently work with CH Media on the Dimension 20 series. Orion’s previous work includes narrative design for tabletop roleplaying games.

Circle Theory is a framework developed to help game-designers think about their work. This plain-speech, visual tool can be used to chart out the narrative threads of your favourite media, and help you build your own. The theory purposes that interactions between plot points occur between one of three “circles:” Character, Environment, and Overwhelming Circumstance.
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The original talk was recorded on Zoom on December 9, 2021 at 10am EST on Zoom.