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050 00 $aGV1469.34.A97$bS84 2012
100 1 $aSuckling, Maurice.
245 10 $aVideo game writing :$bfrom macro to micro /$cMaurice Suckling, Marek Walton.
260 $aDulles, Va. :$bMercury Learning and Information,$cc2012.
300 $axxi, 388 p. :$bill. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $apt. I. Games writing in context. A brief history of game stories -- pt. II. What do game writers do? and how do they do it? Decoding and devising the brief -- NDAs & contracts -- Collaboration : team us -- Narrative design -- Outlines & treatments -- Character documents -- Environmental storytelling -- Writing scripts -- Editing -- Consultancy -- Adaptations : turning other things into games -- Other roles of the games writer -- pt. III. Beyond the basics. Why have stories at all? -- What is plot and how does it work? -- Other resources for writers : more than movies -- Marrying design and story : Driver 76 case study -- Storyloading -- Shifting agency -- Time gates and act stimulants -- Aristotle, games writing, and games -- Choice or enlightenment? -- The future of games writing -- pt. IV. What's it like being a games writer? What's it like being a games writer? -- Appendix A: Rating systems -- Appendix B: Sample non-disclosure agreement -- Appendix C: Sample writing services contract -- Appendix D: Selected exercise solutions (Chapters 9 and 10).
650 0 $aVideo games$xAuthorship.
650 0 $aVideo games$xAuthorship$xVocational guidance.
700 1 $aWalton, Marek.