Narrative Engine Simulator

Trigger the inciting incident to break the equilibrium. Narrative Engine Simulator lets you explore this hands-on instead of only reading about it.

Introduction to the fundamental building blocks of storytelling, focusing on narrative structure and conflict. It focuses on Conflict, Outer Conflict, Inner Conflict, Narrative Structure, Suspense from the “Narrative Elements: Conflict and Plot” section.

The “Conflict Scale Meso”, “Resistance 25”, “Resources 50” sliders change the key inputs; the “Trigger Inciting Incident” button run actions or reset the demo. Every change updates the visualization in real time, so you can see exactly how each variable affects the outcome.

This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the study of literature, covering major genres including fiction, poetry, drama, and creative nonfiction. Students explore literary conventions, critical analysis tec… This demo is the interactive piece for the “Narrative Elements: Conflict and Plot” section. Open the full Introduction to Literature course wiki at https://www.getlykke.com/explore/public/introduction-to-literature-dddd0559-b847-41c2-80b1-3d80bca4bb2b for notes, flashcards, quizzes and the other demos.

You'll build intuition for Conflict, Outer Conflict, Inner Conflict, Narrative Structure, Suspense — and, crucially, see how they behave when you change the inputs, which is hard to get from a textbook or lecture on Introduction to Literature alone.