Story Engine desktop home screen showing tonight’s story, favorite characters and recent adventures

Featured Project / Story Engine

Small ideas.
Extraordinary stories.

An AI-assisted bedtime storytelling experience, inspired by a father and son.

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ProjectStory Engine
FocusProduct design + AI workflows
ExperienceFamily storytelling

The Origin

It started with a bedtime story.

Inspired by Willie’s imagination, Story Engine brings familiar characters and new ideas into a shared storytelling ritual.

Story Engine desktop reading screen with a family story and read-aloud controls
A story in progress, ready to be read together.

The Design Challenge

Keep the imagination.
Reduce the friction.

Make room for spoken ideas, meaningful choices and stories worth returning to.

01

Start with an idea

Make it simple to turn a spark into a story.

02

Keep families in control

Give parents and kids meaningful choices throughout.

03

Build a lasting library

Create a place for stories worth returning to.

Inside Story Engine

The experience, screen by screen.

A look across the family routine: choosing familiar characters, finding saved stories, and reading together.

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Story Engine mobile Today screen with a featured story and shortcuts to characters, library and settings

Today

Start with the next story, favorite characters and recent adventures.

Story Engine mobile Library screen showing saved family stories

Library

Keep family stories together and return to favorite adventures.

Story Engine mobile Characters screen showing a family’s recurring story characters

Characters

Bring recurring people and characters back into future stories.

Story Engine mobile character details screen with editable name and character type

Character details

Make a character your own with simple profile details.

Story Engine mobile reading screen showing a story page with read-aloud and copy controls

Story reader

Read a generated story page by page, together.

Story Engine mobile Family settings screen showing child profiles and bedtime reminder settings

Family settings

Manage child profiles and bedtime preferences in one place.

The Approach

AI supports the story.
People shape the experience.

A guided flow connects recurring characters, premise moderation, title selection and story generation with a Family Library.

  1. Characters
  2. Premise
  3. Choose a title
  4. Story
  5. Library

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