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A day in the life of a narrative designer

Game Global

We must understand (and preferably help create and document) the game as a whole: from core mechanics to level design to cinematics, and everything in between. Let’s look at what it means in practice, though keep in mind that it will vary wildly depending on the game genre, project structure, studio, and even country.

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‘Progressive’ AI dialog tools are a Trojan horse

Game Daily

Human writers enter details of an NPC’s roles, personality, and parameters. Ubisoft’s video demo of Ghostwriter makes the tool seem useful enough. ” Why would Ubisoft spend more money on creating a tool to do a job that humans can manage at relatively low skill and wage levels?

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The Kristala Dev Blog - Issue #36

Astral Clock Tower Studios

You're currently tuned in to the official Kristala Dev Blog, a monthly compilation of all the development done on our first game, Kristala: a Dark Fantasy ARPG created by women-owned indie game studio, Astral Clocktower Studios (hey, that's us!). Since we last met, things have legit been poppin' off over here. AND NOW WE FINALLY CAN!!!

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