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If you have a story to tell, Blair and Jean Leggett are ready to help you share it.

The couple, through their business Optimaaro Games in Barrie, have developed a new software which allows writers, artists, and creative minds to become a part of the game world, and share their creativity with the tech-savvy gamers.

“What we have created is a software that allows the writer, amateur, professional, wannabe, to actually put a visual representation of all those of things in an electronic format. So you actually have a map of your world,” said Jean, the company’s chief operating officer.

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I don’t think there’s too many people who love games who haven’t dreamed of making their own some day. Daunting as that may be, there are programs and tools that have made that prospect easier. Twine has opened up a lot of opportunities for fiction writers, bringing the interactivity of games to traditional storytelling. RPG Maker has also helped many budding devs create their own turn-based RPGs or other gameplay experiences. StoryStylus is looking to help point-and-click and mystery realize their own visions, allowing creative individuals to build their own webs of intrigue and set up their own complex plots, characters, and settings.

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Transform your stories into interactive game experiences on PC, Mac and tablet. I’ve mentioned Optimaaro Games‘ adventure game creation framework, StoryStylus, a couple of times before here on the site. Its primary focus is definitely the creation of games that rely heavily on text — both dialogue and written narration — as a story mechanic; indeed, it could almost be thought of as a means of creating interactive novels.

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