Found text in outer wilds

I wrote Outer Wilds’s in-game text to fulfill highly specific design needs and support nonlinear narrative progression. Every piece of found text

communicates a clue, sets up an important piece of world lore, or builds on themes and characterization,

usually all three at once. By finding these pieces of text and following their clues, the player can uncover the mysteries of the cosmos and piece together the story of the Nomai, the ancient aliens who lived in the solar system long before the player’s species.