Emergent Storytelling: How Simple Rules Create Compelling Narratives
I have been working on the concept of ‘Dwarf Fortress for storytelling with LLMs’ for years now and, I’ve finally managed to assemble all of the pieces needed to do this at scale. The following is a Claude summary of the project: The Story That Wrote Itself The Captain of the Guard struck without warning. Dilol Caverncats, a human engraver, collapsed under the first blow to the hand—muscle bruising through the pig tail glove, wrist bending unnaturally, tendons tearing. Dilol stood up. The Captain struck again. Again, Dilol rose. Eleven times the combat logs recorded those three defiant words: “The engraver stands up.” ...