Crafty Game Writing - Secrets of Great Videogame Narrative

Every writer dreams of creating their own game world and telling their own stories. If you're writing for Star Wars or Assassin's Creed or the Marvel Universe, the groundwork has already been laid for you. But what if you are the person who has to lay that groundwork?

List of contents

Chapter One: The Player, Chapter Two: Story, Chapter Three: World Building, Chapter Four: Player and Non-Player Characters, Chapter Five: Linear vs. Dynamic Narrative, Chapter Six: Narrative Delivery Systems, Chapter Seven: Dirty Narrative, Chapter Eight: Dialog, Chapter Nine: Rewriting, Chapter Ten: Breaking Into Video Game Writing

About the author

Alex Epstein has created new video game worlds and characters for both AAA studios and indies. As a narrative director and lead writer for more than a decade, he has been crystallizing tips and tricks for the writers he has coached. That's this book.
His other books include wrote Crafty Screenwriting: Writing Movies That Get Made and Crafty TV Writing: Thinking Inside the Box.

Product details

• Authors: Alex Epstein, Epstein Alex
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.04.2025
• EAN: 9781032963150
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3296315-0
• No. of pages: 184
• Subjects: Guides; Humanities, art, music > Art; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > Programming languages; The arts, Games development & programming, Games development and programming, Digital Animation, COMPUTERS / Virtual & Augmented Reality, Audio processing