Interactive storytelling · Gamification · Cinematic narrative
Nartamonga
An Interactive Ossetian Saga
Nartamonga is a story-and-game experience grounded in the Ossetian Nart epic. Visitors choose a guide, follow cinematic scenes, receive hints, make decisions and complete a task — a “key” — at the end of each story.
- Role
- Sole creator — concept, story and UX, artwork, AI-assisted production
- Status
- Live and evolving — three stories published, the larger collection in development
- Platform
- Mobile-first web experience
- Interface language
- Russian (current release)
The thread
01 Raw material
The Nart epic — a vast oral saga of tricksters, heroes and impossible tasks.
02 What I built
A mobile story-game: choose a guide, move through cinematic scenes, make the hero’s decision, and share a card at the end of each story.
03 What it changed
- stories live — the collection is growing
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- stories live — the collection is growing
In short
It opens with an animated intro and ends every story with a shareable card. Three stories are published today; the wider narrative collection is being written and built.
The product
Inside the experience.
Screens recorded from the live site. Interface currently in Russian; captions in English.
01
Opening & guide choice
An animated opening, then the reader chooses who will lead them — a guide stays by their side in every story.
02
Scenes with progression
Scene 4 of 7, “White foam, red foam”. A progress line runs across the top; the guide’s commentary sits under the text.
03
The key
Every story closes with a decision: “What will Dzerassa do?” Three options, and Syrdon’s aside: “I’d certainly think of something. And you?”
04
Shareable end cards
A personal card for each completed story, exportable as 4:5 for the feed or 9:16 for stories.
Results
Work in progress — audience results will be published once the larger collection is live.
My role
- Creative concept
- Story adaptation and writing
- UX, progression and game mechanics
- Artwork direction and AI-assisted animation
- Build of the web experience
- Trailer and share formats
Tools & workflow
Every scene starts as writing. Images and motion are generated with AI tools under Olesia’s direction, then selected, edited and placed in the story.
- Image generation
- Scene artwork and character portraits
- Video generation
- Animated scenes and the trailer
- Editing
- Trailer and share cards in vertical formats
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