> Ludonarrative This is describing the rules of a game as related to the narrative of the game. A ludonarrative dissonance would be the narrative of the game

> Ludonarrative This is describing the rules of a game as related to the narrative of the game. A ludonarrative dissonance would be the narrative of the game being "we need to hurry and rescue the thing!" but then the rules/mechanics of the game having no punishment for not actually hurrying and rescuing the thing or maybe no support for even understanding the time taken by the player. Similarly the mechanics of the game can clash with the narrative. The narrative says the player character is a strong hero but then with the game mechanics they're killed by a rat in the forest.