How to write a Game Design Document
Game Developer
AUGUST 15, 2023
Here's how to write a useful, up-to-date GDD. Game Design Documents (GDD) have a long history and a different place in many designers' toolboxes.
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Game Developer
AUGUST 15, 2023
Here's how to write a useful, up-to-date GDD. Game Design Documents (GDD) have a long history and a different place in many designers' toolboxes.
Game Developer
AUGUST 28, 2023
As writing VP, Mike Unsworth had a hand in penning the script to Rockstar Games' major hits from Grand Theft Auto IV up to Red Dead Redemption II.
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Game Developer
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
My experiences with different writing programs while working on a game’s narrative.
GamesIndustry.biz
NOVEMBER 29, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox The studio behind Silent Hill: Ascension has denied it is using artificial intelligence to write dialogue for the game. IGN reported players have been sharing examples of the game's writing via social media, accusing developer Genvid of using AI to generate it.
PreMortem.Games
FEBRUARY 19, 2024
A pattern most of us learn in school holds us back from writing clearly. Not games writing mind you, but copy writing – for pitches, store pages, press releases, & everything else. If you’re writing to a publisher or the press, they need to know whether this is useful to them immediately.
Game Developer
MAY 23, 2023
Read the first chapter of this debut book on the ins and outs of getting onto the games narrative career path.
Game Industry News
FEBRUARY 13, 2024
Hey everyone, I’m here with a post to celebrate the fact that I’ve been writing about games and various stories in all sorts of mediums and forms from the traditional physical novel to fan fictions for a whole decade. It’s been 10 years of writing! 10 years? : Then I started to do full-fledged game reviews whenever I got the chance.
Game Developer
OCTOBER 11, 2023
A week after coming out, Harebrained Schemes' newest strategy title The Lamplighters League is being considered a "big disappointment" in terms of its commercial performance.
GamesIndustry.biz
OCTOBER 12, 2023
Paradox Interactive has announced it will write down capitalised development costs for The Lamplighters League, and confirmed layoffs occurred at developer Harebrained Schemes earlier this year. In a post on its website , the Swedish company explained that SEK 320 million ($29.4 million).
Perforce
JANUARY 17, 2023
In this blog, our experts give tips for writing better SRS documents, including detailed software requirements specification examples.
Game Developer
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
The other day I was told that my writing is appreciated and that I need to write more… so I’m taking a moment to write about a rabbit hole that I’ve fallen down since working on BlueSuburbia!
Game Developer
MARCH 20, 2023
Narrative designers Alexa Ray Corriea and Lis Moberly want to help you give better feedback to your creative collaborators.
Game Design Aspect
APRIL 15, 2022
In this video, game writer Sande Chen lists the top 5 game writing job hunt misconceptions she found during her research on job seekers wanting to break into the video game industry. Some were in related careers like social media management or comedy writing. They came from all walks of life. Some were students. Don't be passed over.
Cocos
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
something like ccclass) you could see how straightforward and simple it is to write editor script with unity Unity Learn Editor Scripting - Unity Learn Editor Scripting can help you customize and extend the Unity editor to make it easier to use on your projects.
Harold Serrano
OCTOBER 23, 2022
Hey guys, I want to share how you can write your first GPU Kernel using Metal. All our code will do is write data from one buffer onto another. Write the compute Kernel. Once we start writing the Kernel, you will see what I mean. Now, we need to write our Kernel. Write your first Compute Function.
GamesIndustry.biz
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
This interview is part of GamesIndustry.biz’s Black Voices Progress Report, offering insight into the different experiences Black professionals have in the games sector. You can read more about the project and check the other entries on this page.
Game Design Aspect
JULY 21, 2021
Last year, I was planning to have another run of Game Writing Primer but the pandemic and subsequent lockdown made that impossible. PlayCrafting asked me to do a Webinar, which I knew could not be the same as the popular workshop series, Game Writing Portfolio Workout. I'll notify you when it's time for class.
GamesIndustry.biz
MARCH 9, 2023
After being left out, the entire writing team for Horizon Forbidden West has been credited on the title's Nebula Award nomination. When the adventure title was named as a finalist for game writing , developer Giles Armstrong took to Twitter to voice his concerns at the lack of accreditation. Read more
Cocos
APRIL 2, 2024
Hello i’m new on Cocos Creator and also type script. I’m trying to make array of class but i couldn’t done it. Because of the simple error down below. Scene] Cannot read property ‘constructor’ of undefined [Scene] Value dump failed. When i tried to change the values o editor it resets to 0.
Cocos
JULY 28, 2023
This article is part of a two-part series by Kylin, the ecological director at Cocos. In Cocos Creator version 3.8, several useful features have been added, and one of my favorites is that it comes with its own post-effects pipeline and a number of advanced effects built in. There’s FSR, ColorGrading, and Bloom for enhanced graphics.
Game Developer
OCTOBER 9, 2023
The Humble Games Collection is said to be ending in early November, and at time of writing, has nothing waiting in the stands to take its place.
Tiny Hydra
MAY 27, 2021
The post Writing Better Practical Tests For The Games Industry appeared first on Tiny Hydra. I have been doing design and development tests for over a decade now (I even did some art tests early in my career) and I have come to the conclusion that most tests are bad.
Game Developer
DECEMBER 21, 2023
"There is a special feeling in making a document for your game full of nice art and writing and holding it in your hands when you're finished."
Jesper Juul
JUNE 8, 2021
How long does it take to write a book? I must confess I had no idea, but writing Handmade Pixels took me 1000 hours over the course of 4½ years. I had already written a paper on independent games in 2014, but it wasn’t until August 2015 that I decided to write the book that became Handmade Pixels. Finding the time.
Tiny Hydra
APRIL 22, 2021
The post 20 Game Design and Development Blogs: Great Writing On How To Make Games appeared first on Tiny Hydra. But, as you might guess while reading this very blog post, we’re still strong believers that a regularly updated blog full of well-crafted posts can be an invaluable source of both learning and entertainment.
Cocos
MAY 6, 2023
What post-processing effect to add How to write a Pass How to add a Pass to the pipeline Let’s tackle them one by one. Write a Pass Folder Contents First, let’s look at the contents involved in a pass. Content Outline To add a new post-processing effect to the CRP in Cocos Cyberpunk, you only need to address the following questions.
Mircosoft Game Dev
JUNE 1, 2020
GDScript series: GDScript progress report: Writing a tokenizer. you are here) GDScript progress report: Writing a new parser. This makes it easier to find where a particular piece of code is. See other articles in this Godot 4.0 GDScript progress report: Type checking is back. GDScript progress report: New GDScript is now merged.
Game Developer
JUNE 16, 2023
The best free tools for writing and creating narrative games, from Twine to Ren'Py to Decker and much more.
GamesIndustry.biz
APRIL 17, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Ten Square Games has written off Undead Clash and Fishing Master for more than $6 million due to market competition and high user acquisition costs. As reported by Mobilegamer.biz , the Polish games publisher has also laid off 120 employees. Read more
Cocos
MAY 6, 2023
What post-processing effect to add How to write a Pass How to add a Pass to the pipeline Let’s tackle them one by one. Write a Pass Folder Contents First, let’s look at the contents involved in a pass. Content Outline To add a new post-processing effect to the CRP in Cocos Cyberpunk, you only need to address the following questions.
Game Writing Blog
FEBRUARY 9, 2018
Slay the Dragon: Writing Great Video Games (Giglio/Bryant) : We’re so happy she likes the book!
GamesIndustry.biz
MARCH 24, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox CD Projekt Red has financially written off the development costs spent on Project Sirius, a Witcher spin-off title. As reported by TechPowerUp , the title's development cost the Polish firm more than $7 million in 2022 and over $2.2
Perforce
MARCH 20, 2023
A Product Requirements Document (PRD) outlines what you’re going to build. Here are five steps to creating an effective PRD.
Game Developer
OCTOBER 19, 2023
Hon founded Six to Start in 2006, and found time to write various books as the studio developed fitness games such as Zombies, Run! and Marvel Move.
Mircosoft Game Dev
SEPTEMBER 6, 2017
We run Write the Docs events every week-end on the #documentation channel on Discord. Let's write it! Writing the docs is a rewarding job. Together, we have the power to write great docs. Update: one month later. After 5 docs sprints, the class reference went up from 35% to 60% complete ! 3 steps to become a Contributor.
Grid Sage Games
APRIL 28, 2023
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Game Development News
MAY 2, 2023
Richie Shoemaker hears from Jon Ingold as the Inkle co-founder considers the issue of replayability in narrative games ahead of delivering his thoughts at this year’s Develop Conference
The Bottom Feeder
APRIL 15, 2024
I took a long time to learn how to write combat rules in a clear way that people could use. They could not write a sample combat without some poor bastard dying. Note also the writing I added. It gets me off my figurative butt and keeps me writing. A lot of groups didn’t even uses boards and figures.
GamesIndustry.biz
MARCH 19, 2024
Graphics programmer Andrew Woloszyn also posted to LinkedIn writing that he had been "caught up in the layoffs at Something Wicked," while lead narrative designer Jessica Sliwinski shared that she is currently looking for work. Read more
GamesIndustry.biz
MARCH 21, 2024
As reported by The Hollywood Reporter , Loki director Kate Herron will helm the project, and will co-write the screenplay with Briony Redman. A movie adaptation of The Sims is under way, with Margot Robbie's production company LuckyChap set to produce.
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