The gaming demographic is significantly different than when the industry began, so we’ll look at ways writers can respectfully and intelligently represent and write for the modern gaming audience.
There's a good chance everything you think you know about writing for video games is wrong. Learn what it really entails - and what aspiring game writers need to know.
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Everything you think you know about writing for video games is probably wrong. Here's a chance to learn what the job really entails - from story meetings to dialog recording sessions to the secret of what the most important dialog in the game really is - and to learn about the skills needed to work professionally as a writer in the video game field. It's not all cut scenes and wow moments, but it is a richer, more interesting and more challenging job than you might have imagined.
Video Game Writing: What NOT To Do As a Game Writer
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If you want to make it writing in the game industry, it’s important to know not only what you should do but what you shouldn’t! We’ll teach you how to avoid the mistakes made by others before you!
Learn the specialized approaches used by game writers when worldbuilding for games, and explore successful worldbuilding techniques when working with pre-existing game worlds.
Find out everything you need to know about building a world from scratch. Learn about where to start, pitfalls to avoid, and tricks for creating a world that feels real.
Find out everything you need to know about building a world from scratch. Learn about where to start, pitfalls to avoid, and tricks for creating a world that feels real.
Find out everything you need to know about building a world from scratch. Learn about where to start, pitfalls to avoid, and tricks for creating a world that feels real.
Magic is more than window dressing, and we’ll help you to think through the impact adding magic to a world has on its people, its technology, its cultures, and the lives of your characters.
Worldbuilding: Landscape Science for Worldbuilders
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Get a geologist’s perspectives on regional natural settings to help bring your own world to life.
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Get a geologist’s perspectives on regional natural settings to help bring your own world to life. We’ll focus on terrain variability, continental placement, key terrain issues, and distinctive sources of conflict. Topics include deserts, mountains, lowlands, tropical islands, and volcanic areas, with time for follow-up questions. Scott Rice-Snow is a professor of Geological Sciences at Ball State University in Indiana.