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: What are the top most important key elements for a computer game story? I am a programmer and in the middle of developing a TBS (turn based strategy) computer video game. Those kind of games
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: How can I convert a linear narrative into a branching narrative? Suppose I would like to create a text adventure game, but my imagination is not sufficient for creating a whole game. But there
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: How crucial is a waifu game storyline? So, with the recent craze in waifu games, I've decided to try my hand at making one. I have a semi-intricate plot with twists, and some events planned
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: How many words do visual novels contain on average per hour of gameplay? I've seen a few visual novels on Steam and Kickstarter that mentioned how many words they already contain and what they
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: Documenting story in a videogame How does one write a story for a story-based videogame. Is it done in the form of a screenplay? Is it written as any normal prose? Is it written as documentation
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: Ways to develop characters in a fast paced video game The Goal: I am currently working on a video game project and I need some help with character development techniques. It is a character
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: Adding lines to a video game script to futureproof a project Sometimes, video game development can go awry, so I want to add extra lines in case there's a decision to add generic questlines
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: How to explain the main plot with science based concepts, without the non-sci-fi fans getting bored? Let me explain: I'm writing a game where the Earth gets a massive biological attack from
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: What point of view is best to write a visual novel in? I am currently working on a visual novel, and I am wondering if I should write it in first or third person. Which method is better
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: Is it ok to temporarily break immersion in a tutorial for a game? At the start of a game, you sometimes have some character explaining things to you, the player, instead of the character,
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: License for incorporating game-play and characters of a video-game in a novel? I have recently finished my first novel, entitled 'K: A Tale of the Afterlife'. In this novel, there's a certain
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: How can a main character in a visual novel attract people of different personalities besides having a single trait each of them is attracted to? Ok, so I currently have a visual novel (For
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: How do you create a huge array of characters? Suppose you are part of a development team working on a fighting game, and you're given the role of creating about 30 or 40 unique characters
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: What kind of writing style works for a game? Background: I'm creating a story for a video game--it's set in a cyberpunk, futuristic setting, and it has many flows, one of its flows is that
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: Is it okay to mix tribes with cyberpunk? I am trying to write a story for an upcoming game, its theme is cyberpunk. My problem is that I haven't written any long, complicated story before.
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: How to create an open frame story? For a computer game, I'd like to create a frame story. Much like in X-Files, it should provide a setting for the individual levels/quests/substories while
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: It seems safer to make everyone white then to be accused of 'racism' if I I make any of my pre-written cultures a different race I'm writing fantasy stories in different worlds which do not
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: Should I avoid sex scenes / nudity in my horror game (or in general)? As the title might suggest, I'm working on a horror video game, which happens to have a few sex scenes and a bit of
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: Repetition of information in my multi-path / multi-play-through game - how to deal with it? I'm working on a story-heavy game with lots of different paths the player can choose from. Many times,
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: Anticlimactic ending as a surprise after climax? Note: my story is for a video game, but that should hopefully be irrelevant to the question itself. Our heroes spent a long time fighting their
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: What software/techniques do people use to gather ideas? I'm planning to create a game. It won't be the first game I've created (or even released), but it will be my first game with any story
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: How to describe something visual in preparation of said visual? I'm working on a video game with visual novel style "cutscenes" inbetween, where you see characters talking, usually from the torso
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: Gameplay clashing with story? In my game, you have a companion with you, who offers you assistance in combat. During gameplay, the companion basically acts like an activated ability, where he
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: How much can I trust my players to remember previous states of the story and not get confused? In my game, the player may run into deadends in the story, which causes the game to end prematurely.
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: How to make side-characters look competent next to the chosen one? I'm writing a storyline for a game where the forces of evil have humanity cornered. Truly everything seems lost, that is, until
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: Any software for video game non-linear story design? Is there any software for making non-linear story or dialogues? I tried MS Word/Google Docs but that's not good for dialogues. In one complicated
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: Is it a bad idea to mix psychological horror with action? foreword: I'm writing for a game, however it's (mostly) irrelevant to my question. Just FYI. I have three main characters in my story.
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: How do you do "beta reading" for a game before the game is ready? Say I want to work on a game and, since I'm not very good at creating games yet, I want to work on the story first and
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: Prepare for more after the "ending"? In my story, there's this big bad, who needs to be destroyed. That is the main goal for about the last third of the video game. So the group of heroes
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: Is it a bad idea to have multiple bad endings and only one good ending? Background: I'm working on a game that has multiple paths for players to choose from. The choices the players make
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: How do big creative writing projects with multiple people work, preferably in the videogame industry? I was reading some questions and answers on this site about writing for video games, when
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: Sample Script Submission A job opening for a video game appeared and I was asked to submit a sample script. Ideally a video game one, but film also works. What should I submit? A random passage
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: How important is writing for games? I am trying to create a game that has a small plot (maybe more of a theme). The plot just describes why the characters are fighting each other. Other than
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: Using names of video game, movie, and comic book characters and group names in novel, but as tribute to them I'm planning on writing about a merc group in the not-so-far future that is named
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: Writing without a contract About 8 months ago a small game development company approached me to write dialogue for quests. They loved my writing and I quickly became the narrative designer for
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: Video game equivalent of an editor? For a game heavy on story, what is the position of the editor called? I'm talking about the guy who makes sure the story, the writing, the pacing, the
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: Too much death in character backstories? Even in a horror game? The backstory of my five main characters involves a lot of death... The protagonist, who has two adopted daughters and raises
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: What format/platform/structure is good for writing for a video game? I know this may not be the best place to ask this, since it's for a game, but the game is very story driven, so I thought
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: How do I prevent a structure-breaking character from being seen as a fourth-wall-breaking joke? I am unofficially "fixing up" a video game through modding. The game's Big Reveal is that the game
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: Having a hard time developing an idea I'm developing an idea for a story in a video game which I'm going to design and program. I've already got a good idea, however, I'm having a hard time
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