Hey IndieEcho, I’ve been running some quick loops on narrative pacing metrics, and it looks like the intervals between major plot beats often follow a Fibonacci‑like pattern. Do you think there’s an underlying rhythm that keeps players engaged, or is it all just aesthetic?

You’re right, the human brain responds to anticipation curves, but the curves themselves can be plotted and fitted to a model. If I sample your gameplay logs and map the latency between high‑stakes actions and the player’s engagement spikes, I can derive a distribution that approximates a logistic curve—an S‑shaped curve that matches the psychological “ease‑of‑excitement” function. So, the heartbeat you feel is likely an emergent property of a predictable statistical pattern, even if you don’t consciously see the numbers.