I took part in a game writing podcast recorded at this year’s London Screenwriters’ Festival, which has just been released. Although I’m obviously biased, Tim, Tony, Rudolf and myself covered a lot of valuable points. 40 minutes of fun and insight.
Aaron Hubbard interviewed me for his site, Ask The Writer. I hope you enjoy it.
I’m currently reading The Insider’s Guide to Writing for Television by Julian Friedmann and Christopher Walker. On the whole it’s a very good book and although it has a few small things I didn’t like, the good parts far outweigh the few minor poor parts. I’m in a section on Character Building and the authors …
…from 20 years in the games industry. February 1st 2013 marks 20 years in the games industry for me. I joined Revolution Software in 1993 and it’s been a fantastic career so far, thanks initially to everyone at Revolution and, now I’m freelance, to all those clients who have taken on my services. Inspired …
Here’s an adaptation of a photo in my logo colours.
Game writers have been harbouring a secret for years and it’s time to come clean – it’s not important for any game to use an experienced writer, even for a story based game. Now this may seem controversial but it needs to be said. After all, anyone can write, can’t they? Everyone watches films and …
After an overview piece in my last post I thought I’d write something more about the game writing lab I conducted. This was a workshop aimed at LSWF delegates who had an interest in discovering more about the details of game writing. After being invited to speak on the game writing panel at last year’s …
Read more “My Game Writing Lab at the London Screenwriters’ Festival”
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Writing for video games is a wonderful thing and at the same time a little odd. Or, rather, people’s perceptions of it can be odd. Even after all the time I’ve spent making it my career, there are still some people in development and publishing who think that game writing is just the dialogue or …
After some very useful advice on Twitter I managed to get the 2D look I want in Unity. Extra cool.
Here is my first attempt at putting a 2D sprite onto a 2D background using Unity. While I’m pleased that I was able to do this relatively easily, I’m not entirely happy with the result because there is a slight blurring of the background which is taking something away from the quality I’m looking for. …
Here is an interview I was asked to do at Gamescom last week. Miodrag Kovachevic asked some pretty interesting questions, so it was a real pleasure to talk with him. I don’t often get the chance to talk in depth about game writing at an event like Gamescom so it was a welcome change to …