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Week 12: Polish, Story Bible Packaging, and itch.io Release

Learning objectives: Finalize the narrative prototype, package the worldbuilding bible as a shareable document, and publish to itch.io with a premise-led page.

Estimated time: 6-8 hours

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Introduction

Complete your final polish pass, prepare portfolio-quality narrative documentation, and publish a clean public build.

Lesson breakdown

  • Lesson 1: Final Narrative Polish Pass - Read dialogue aloud, verify consequence flags, and confirm ending payoff.
  • Lesson 2: Story Bible Packaging - Convert your working worldbuilding bible into a polished standalone artifact.
  • Lesson 3: itch.io Narrative Launch - Publish with premise-first page copy, focused screenshots, and attached bible asset.
  • Lesson 4: Integration and testing pass for this week scope.
  • Lesson 5: Final polish and handoff notes for next week.

Try this now

  • Complete one focused implementation pass before watching the next segment.
  • Capture a before and after snapshot for the system you changed.
  • Write one short note on what to tune in your next iteration.

How this week works

Complete your final polish pass, prepare portfolio-quality narrative documentation, and publish a clean public build.

Video segment plan

Use one focused segment per part, then pause to implement and validate before continuing.

Implementation evidence

Keep short notes, screenshots, and branch results so this week's work is reusable in later polish passes.

Interactive lesson parts (6-10 min each)

Part 1: Final Narrative Polish Pass

Watch Build Check
7 min Part video
Video part 1: Final Narrative Polish Pass

Complete the focused task for this part before moving on.

Read dialogue aloud, verify consequence flags, and confirm ending payoff.

Part 2: Story Bible Packaging

Watch Build Check
8 min Part video
Video part 2: Story Bible Packaging

Apply and validate this technique in your project artifact.

Convert your working worldbuilding bible into a polished standalone artifact.

Part 3: itch.io Narrative Launch

Watch Build Check
9 min Part video
Video part 3: itch.io Narrative Launch

Finish with a validation step and one clear next action.

Publish with premise-first page copy, focused screenshots, and attached bible asset.

Hands-on milestone

  • Ship a polished build and verify exported flow outside the editor.
  • Publish an itch.io page that sells premise, tone, and dramatic question.
  • Attach final worldbuilding bible as downloadable companion material.

Code checkpoint

Use this checkpoint marker to confirm this week's implementation pass is complete.

Practice snippet GDScript
# Step checkpoint for Week 12: Polish, Story Bible Packaging, and itch.io Release
func _ready() -> void:
    print("Checkpoint complete for this week")