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Video game writing, from macro to micro, Maurice Suckling, Marek Walton

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Video game writing, from macro to micro, Maurice Suckling, Marek Walton

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eng

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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illustrations

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Video game writing

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

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Maurice Suckling, Marek Walton

Sub title

from macro to micro

Table Of Contents

pt. I. Games writing in context. A brief history of game stories -- part II. What do game writers do? and how do they do it? Decoding and devising the brief -- NDAs and contracts -- Collaboration : team us -- Narrative design -- Outlines and treatments -- Character documents -- Environmental storytelling -- Writing scripts -- Editing -- Consultancy -- Adaptations : turning other things into games -- Other roles of the games writer -- part III. Beyond the basics. Why have stories at all? -- What is plot and how does it work? -- Other resources for writers : more than movies -- Marrying design and story : Driver 76 case study -- Storyloading -- Shifting agency -- Time gates and act stimulants -- Aristotle, games writing, and games -- Choice or enlightenment? -- The future of games writing -- part IV. What's it like being a games writer? What's it like being a games writer? -- Appendix A: Rating systems -- Appendix B: Sample non-disclosure agreement -- Appendix C: Sample writing services contract -- Appendix D: Selected exercise solutions (Chapters 9 and 10)

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Video Game Writing: From Macro to Micro

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