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  1. Today, at work, my ability to invoke player thirst via saucy NPC dialogues was acknowledged. This is now added to my portfolio of domains which include viscous horror and f@#%ed up visions. Careers are a tangle of unplanned paths. #VideoGameWriting #IGiveGoodText

  2. I'm a writer for hire in games! I'm in Finland.

    Here are some player observations about our work for Nine Parchments in the writing team, which I was big kahuna, boss of. These comments are from 2025, while the game was released in 2017.

    One of the particular things I did for Nine Parchments was to try and not make our characters cookie-cutter, because I thought it would make the game a rather lackluster experience.

    The core of critique during and after development for the characters was the thought that characters should embody the tropes their game design represents, which is a common conservative mindset for character building, but I think it comes from a place of fear, and I don't think narrative design should come from a place of "what if we turn off the players by introducing something new and different in their lives?" because then you're leading with fear, not innovation and creativity.

    In any case, no one is ever going to create a cultural artefact that is going to be universally loved. And creating something with personality is going to make you stand apart, which never hindered marketing.

    #videogamewriting #NineParchments #videogames

  3. Really looking forward to this one!

    Creator Series: Writing for Video Games

    With Jaclyn Seto from Respawn Entertainment and Ray Clark, who currently teaches writing for video games and for new media at UBC.

    Sept 26 | 6:30 pm | Central Library
    vpl.bibliocommons.com/events/6

    #VPL #VancouverPublicLibrary #InspirationLab #CreatorSeries #VideoGameWriting #CreativeWriting #Vancouver

  4. The Boss Fight Books ebook of Animal Crossing by Kelsey Lewin is out now! I'm SO excited to read it

    (P.S. For a couple more days you can also get 15% off print & ebook of NBA Jam, Postal, Bible Adventures and/or my book Katamari Damacy with the code JUNE24: bossfightbooks.com)

    #Books #AnimalCrossing #ACNH #BossFightBooks #NBAJam #Postal #BibleAdventures #KatamariDamacy #VideoGames #VideoGameWriting #IndieBooks

  5. The Boss Fight Books ebook of Animal Crossing by Kelsey Lewin is out now! I'm SO excited to read it

    (P.S. For a couple more days you can also get 15% off print & ebook of NBA Jam, Postal, Bible Adventures and/or my book Katamari Damacy with the code JUNE24: bossfightbooks.com)

    #Books #AnimalCrossing #ACNH #BossFightBooks #NBAJam #Postal #BibleAdventures #KatamariDamacy #VideoGames #VideoGameWriting #IndieBooks

  6. The Boss Fight Books ebook of Animal Crossing by Kelsey Lewin is out now! I'm SO excited to read it

    (P.S. For a couple more days you can also get 15% off print & ebook of NBA Jam, Postal, Bible Adventures and/or my book Katamari Damacy with the code JUNE24: bossfightbooks.com)

    #Books #AnimalCrossing #ACNH #BossFightBooks #NBAJam #Postal #BibleAdventures #KatamariDamacy #VideoGames #VideoGameWriting #IndieBooks

  7. The Boss Fight Books ebook of Animal Crossing by Kelsey Lewin is out now! I'm SO excited to read it

    (P.S. For a couple more days you can also get 15% off print & ebook of NBA Jam, Postal, Bible Adventures and/or my book Katamari Damacy with the code JUNE24: bossfightbooks.com)

    #Books #AnimalCrossing #ACNH #BossFightBooks #NBAJam #Postal #BibleAdventures #KatamariDamacy #VideoGames #VideoGameWriting #IndieBooks

  8. The Boss Fight Books ebook of Animal Crossing by Kelsey Lewin is out now! I'm SO excited to read it

    (P.S. For a couple more days you can also get 15% off print & ebook of NBA Jam, Postal, Bible Adventures and/or my book Katamari Damacy with the code JUNE24: bossfightbooks.com)

    #Books #AnimalCrossing #ACNH #BossFightBooks #NBAJam #Postal #BibleAdventures #KatamariDamacy #VideoGames #VideoGameWriting #IndieBooks

  9. Want to help us in the research development of our forthcoming video game, Windrush Tales? We're looking for people in the Caribbean community who are able to share their migrant experiences in this paid opportunity - but you'll need to apply by 6 March.

    More info at 3foldgames.uk/3-fold-presents/

    Please spread the word!
    #windrush #iampocinplay #gaming #videogames #gamedev #narrative #narrativedesign #studiolife #writing #writerslife #blackwriters #writersofcolor #amwriting #videogamewriting