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"Mask of the Rose is a dating-and-murder-mystery virtual novel set in Failbetter’s Fallen London universe. In line with that genre, it typically gives the player between two and four dialogue choices for conversation – occasionally more or fewer than that, but usually keeping things in that range."

"The trick was, though, that we wanted to actually grant the player a lot more latitude than that to decide what they wanted to say. I’ve always been interested in expressiveness in player dialogue, both as an aid to roleplaying and as a way to enable intentional, high-agency game play."

"My goal in designing this way is to let the player plan ahead, adopt specific approaches to other characters, and play them out, as opposed to being entirely reactive to whatever dialogue choices happen to pop up in a given scene."

"In Mask, this takes two major forms. One is through the player’s character traits and wardrobe: at the start of play, you can decide what sorts of conversation options are on brand for you. Do you tend towards jokes or melancholy observations? Are you rigorous about the truth, or do you lie sometimes?"

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