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How to write a Game Design Document

Game Developer

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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Rockstar Games' writing VP Mike Unsworth has departed company

Game Developer

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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The Ups and Downs of Game Writing Programs

Game Developer

My experiences with different writing programs while working on a game’s narrative.

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When it comes to copy writing (for press and pitches) forget the fluff and start to BLUF

PreMortem.Games

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.

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Genvid denies using AI to write Silent Hill: Ascension

GamesIndustry.biz

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.

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Michael Blaker Celebrates 10 Years of Writing

Game Industry News

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.

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Book Excerpt: The Game Writing Guide

Game Developer

Read the first chapter of this debut book on the ins and outs of getting onto the games narrative career path.

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