Renata Frade interviews Hartmut Koenitz — a leading scholar, designer, and theorist in interactive digital narratives — to explore the evolving relationship between storytelling, human–computer interaction, and meaning-making in digital culture. Read to understand how interactive narratives reshape our understanding of user experience, complexity, and participation across media forms, how interactive narratives can inform civic and cultural engagement, and what impact generative AI is having in this space.