# Moonlit Detective RPG - Narrative Template | Summer Engine

## About this template

Moonlit Detective RPG is designed around scenes, dialogue choices, and quest breadcrumbs. Instead of starting from a blank RPG structure, you begin with a flow that already supports conversations, clues, journal states, and environmental storytelling.

This template is ideal when the emotional arc matters as much as the mechanics. You can shift the setting from noir mystery to fantasy romance or supernatural thriller while preserving the same narrative backbone.

It helps Summer choose sensible defaults for branching dialogue, world navigation, and clue-based progression once the questionnaire identifies a story-first project.

## Who it's for

* Writers building their first playable narrative game.
* Studios prototyping a dialogue-heavy adventure before expanding the full content plan.
* Creators who need a convincing story presentation for pitching, grants, or community playtests.

## Highlights

* ### Narrative Vertical Slice  
Show a compelling opening act with quests, clue gathering, and memorable dialogue choices.
* ### Choice-Driven Prototype  
Validate branching scenes and player consequence without building a full RPG framework first.

## Highlights

### Dialogue graph ready

Supports choices, conditions, and callback lines for branching scenes.

### Quest journal

Track clues, objectives, and chapter state without extra setup.

### Atmospheric exploration

Built for slower pacing, mood, and conversation-led discovery.

### Easy world reskinning

Swap locations, cast, and tone while keeping the same story systems.

## Features

* ### Conversation systems  
Branching exchanges include state checks so you can model trust, evidence, or relationship shifts.
* ### Quest and clue layer  
The template ships with data hooks for investigation scenes, journals, and chapter progression.
* ### World navigation scaffolding  
Room-to-room movement and scene triggers are already in place for a story-first flow.
* ### Presentation defaults  
Typography, panel rhythm, and scene framing lean toward readable narrative moments.

## Genre fit

* Narrative
* Mystery
* RPG
* Desktop
* Tablet

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