Writing for Video Games
1st Edition
Published on 1. January 2009
192 pages
978-1-4081-0306-7 (ISBN)
Description
Video games is a lucrative new market for scriptwriters but writing for video games is complex and very different to traditional media (tv or film). This practical guide shows how you can adapt your writing skills to this exciting medium. Written by an award-winning games writer, the book gives you a realistic picture of how games companies work, how the writer fits into the development process, and the skills required: from storytelling, to developing interactive narrative, characters and viewpoints, dialogue comedy and professional practice. Illustrated with examples from games and quotes from developers, writers and agents, this is a cutting edge professional writing guide at a very accessible price.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Illustrations
N/A
ISBN-13
978-1-4081-0306-7 (9781408103067)
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Person
Steve Ince is a games producer, designer and writer. He has received nominations for Excellence in Writing at the Game Developers Choice Awards, as well as the interactive BAFTA awards.
Content
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Part One: Overview
- The writer and game development
- Interactivity
- Genres: the game types
- Game design and writing
- Part Two: Writing and the Development Process
- Interactive narrative
- Targeting an audience
- Characters and point of view
- Conflict and motivation
- Dialogue and logic
- Comedy
- Licenses
- Massively multiplayer online games
- Dealing with changes
- Recording the voices
- Localisation
- Technical writing
- Strategy guides and manuals
- Part Three: You as a Games Writer
- Chasing the work
- Marketing yourself
- Part Four: Appendices
- Design documentation
- Sample script
- Useful reading, websites and games to play
- Glossary
- Gameography
- Acknowledgements
- Imprint
