Key Ingredients To Writing Compelling Video Game Characters

By Natalie Mikkelson Posted On October 25, 2020 Indie Guides, Writing For Games No Comments

One of the biggest struggles of narrative design is creating strong characters when they have such limited showtime and script. Movies and cinematic cutscenes give writers

Game Writing: Structuring Branching Dialogue

By Natalie Mikkelson Posted On May 10, 2020 Indie Guides, Writing For Games No Comments

I’ve gotten myself in a bit of a pickle writing dialogue trees in games at times, usually after getting carried away in a moment of creativity

How To End A Game That Never Ends

By Natalie Mikkelson Posted On March 18, 2020 Indie Guides, Writing For Games No Comments

I write for Kenshi; Kenshi is a non-linear sandbox game. It’s meant to be limitless, unconstraining and completely open. Yet there are rare times when I

Writing Prompt Generator

By Natalie Mikkelson Posted On April 4, 2019 Indie Guides, Writing For Games No Comments

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The Bare Bones Of Narrative: A Hero’s Journey

By Natalie Mikkelson Posted On December 22, 2018 Indie Guides, Writing For Games No Comments

The Hero’s Journey outlines the main building blocks of pretty much all movies, books, or, for that matter, any story in general. It’s best not to

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