Command B on Gaming Has a Writing Problem
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You know something I really love about the characters in Nine Parchments? How much they subvert common character tropes. They didn't have to do that. They could have just gone with the bog standard archetypes. It's a cast-em-up, not an RPG. But they designed these characters with so much personality and so much love went into them. The rich kid isn't the bratty queen bee, he's a sweet-natured bullied outcast. The fire mage isn't hot-blooded, he's a soft-spoken old man who runs a bakery. The ice wizard isn't distant and stoic, she's boisterous and energetic and friendly. The healer isn't a bleeding heart, she's grumpy and not here to make friends. The shadow mage is as angsty and edgy as you'd expect, but he looks like a disney prince, complete with poofy slashed sleeves. And they all have so much personality. The game itself is fun, but without the characters and their interactions it would ultimately be pretty forgettable. It's the wizards themselves that really make the game. God I love them.
I'm a video game writer for hire.
Here are some thoughts on Nine Parchments (2017) - where I worked as the Lead Writer - from a player who discovered the game last year and is still playing it in 2026.
#videogamewriting #videogames
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Calling all Fake Game Makers and Artists!
Shameless plug for r/FauxLudo. A place to make fake games, game manuals, box art, ttrpg books, etc. Share your work, get tips and feedback, find a collaborator. Come on over and say hi! #fakegame #arg #ttrpg #gamedev #indiedev #videogamewriting #2d #3d
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How to Start Writing for Video Games Without Experience
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#news #narrativewriting #videogamewriting #gamingnews
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Family Guy has been running since 1999 (not Peter obvs)
Their style of comedy is easy to pick up and implement into your own games writing
Remember, there has to be a connection, and then take an element to it's logical extreme
#gamejam #videogamewriting
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The Outer Worlds 2 game director says its writing has a 'less silly, darker tone' than the first game
#TheOuterWorlds2 #GameDirector #DarkerTone #ObsidianEntertainment #GamingNews #SciFiGames #OuterWorlds #VideoGameWriting #GameDevelopment #NextGenGaming #RPGGames #GamerTalk #GameStorytelling
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🎮 New video is up!
Should you be concerned about the Nintendo Switch 2?
- $80 games?
- Pre orders cancelled??
- No press coverage???
😰 Let's find out!!!
#NintendoSwitch #NintendoSwitch2 #VideoGames #Writing #VideoGameWriting
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A crew of pirates stand together before a green map background. In the front are a bearded gnome and a goblin in a pink dress. In the back are a sultry elven woman and a tall grey skinned captain.
Looking for a game about #undead #pirates and #demon #tyrants?
Then look no further than #QrrulsQuest
Play as Captain Qrrul and his crew of #rapscallions as they voyage into the unknown!
kaptainviciorious.itch.io/qrrulsquest
#narrativedesign #fantasywriting
#videogamewriting
#gamedev #indiedev
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New pod ep is live! 🎙️
Emily Grace Buck joins us to talk about crafting authentic character arcs in branching RPGs.
🎧 Listen here: bit.ly/emily-grace-...
#NarrativeDesign #GameWriting #TheCornerOfStoryAndGame #EmilyGraceBuck #CraftingAuthenticCharacterArcs #VideoGameWriting
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I like writing barks. Not the shouts, screams, and 20 ways to say "Get in the car." More the 'story barks'. Love those little snippets of peoples' lives. They're so important to immersion in the game world.
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Cover of Video Game Writing: From Macro to Micro (Second Edition) by Maurice Suckling and Marek Walton. The top half features bold white and gold text on a black background, while the lower half shows a futuristic, metallic workstation with a monitor, keyboard, gaming consoles, and controllers, symbolizing a high-tech game development environment. This insightful, book explores the challenging and evolving world of the games writer. Part I provides a fascinating overview of the history of games writing following its humble roots in the '60s to today’s triple-A titles. Part II asks and answers the key question: what does a games writer do and how do they do it? Especially useful reading for novice game writers, its chapters cover a broad range of topics including contracts, NDAs, creative collaboration, narrative design, editing, adaptations, and environmental storytelling. Part III, of particular value for more advanced students of writing, addresses deeper theoretical questions increasingly relevant in today’s games titles, including: "Why have story at all? What is plot and how does it work? How best can a writer use agency?" Finally, Part IV presents readers with hard-earned nuggets of wisdom from today’s game writers working in the US, Europe, and Japan. Packed with practical samples, case studies, and exercises, this book is essential reading for anyone interested in the world of games writing.
701. VIDEO GAME WRITING: FROM MACRO TO MICRO
👉 www.thevideogamelibrary.org/book/video-g...
#VideoGame #Gaming #Booksky #GameWriting #GameDev #VideoGameWriting @writegameread.bsky.social
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Sometimes your finest work as an artist comes from a strange place. For me apparently its writing dialog for our cowgirl rat, Lasso 🐀🤠❤️ #Cowgirls #Rats #VideoGameWriting #GameDev
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In this blog-post, I analyze traditional literary narrative structures, how they are applied to video games, how they are subverted, and how they can aid game production and design.
www.pablocidade.com/post/narrati...
#narrativedesign #gamedesign #indiegame #indiedev #videogamewriting #writing
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Woman with glasses holding a drawing pad with the number 8 illustrated on it with pencil
Today I completed my 8th professionally written video game screenplay (for a VR game, which going to be in a museum, eventually) and that's a pretty great feeling :)
#videogamewriting #virtualrealitywriting
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Fantasian script doctoring: make the human party members descendants and/or reincarnations of the lost gods:
Leo, Cheryl and Kina descended from the goddess; Zinikr, Ez and Tan to the god
Remaining members granted boon by the surviving god
#videogamewriting #scenariowriter #writingcommunity
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Two phrases that can sink the narrative of any videogame (film, play, tv show, etc):
"Wouldn't it be cool if...?!", and the regular follow-up phrase, "It's OK. The writers will make it fit." Both are invariably used in meetings where no narrative person is present.
#writing
#videogamewriting
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a 110 year old Finnish book page, a paragraph about the joys of farming giving meaning to young people
I'm doing a little side quest, writing/designing VR edutainment with History. The source materials I've gathered include literal antique books from the Helsinki city library book storage, like this guide for teens from 1911, encouraging farming as a hobby. #videogamewriting #virtualrealitywriting
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This looks like a great gift about video games. I didn't know it existed and it is definitely on my book wishlist now. #videogames #videogamewriting
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NEW EPISODE -> bit.ly/susan-oconnor
In this episode, I sit down with Susan O'Connor - the founder and CEO of The Narrative Department and an award-winning game writer!
#SusanOConnor #TheNarrativeDepartment #TheCornerOfStoryAndGame #VideoGameWriting #WritingAdvice #GameDesign #NarrativeDesigners
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