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Welcome to the Game Writing SIG Resources Wiki! This wiki is maintained by the Game Writing SIG Resources Initiative. The purpose of the Resources Initiative is to build and maintain a collection of resources relevant to game narrative professionals, through:...
The Game Narrative Toolbox
Title: The Game Narrative Toolbox Authors: Tobias Heussner, Toiya Kristen Finley, Jennifer Brandes Hepler, Ann Lemay Publisher: CRC Press First Published: 2015 (Second Edition 2023) DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315766836 (1st editition), https://doi.or...
Table of Contents
Table of Contents (1st edition): What Is Narrative Design? The Concept Worldbuilding Characters Story Implementation and Production Dialogue Cutscenes and Cinematics Troubleshooting Table of Contents (2nd edition): What Is Narrative Design? The Concept Worl...
The Advanced Game Narrative Toolbox
Title: The Advanced Game Narrative Toolbox Authors: Tobias Heussner (ed.), Danny Wadeson, Brian Kindregan, Cash DeCuir, Toiya Kristen Finley, Tanya DePass, Heidi McDonald, Alexander Bevier, Matt Forbeck, Craig Sherman, Chris Skaggs Publisher: CRC Press Firs...
Yarn Spinner
Title: Yarn Spinner Authors: Spun off from Secret Lab, Jon Manning, Tim Nugent, Paris Buttfield-Addison, Mars Buttfield-Addison Description: Yarn Spinner is a tool designed to make branching dialogue and narrative systems easier to navigate. Link: Documenta...
Table of Contents (1st ed.)
Table of Contents - 1st edition: Introduction, by Tobias Heussner Why Authentic Diversity, Consultants, and Research Are Needed in Narrative Design, by Tanya DePass Writing Romance and Sexuality in Games, by Heidi McDonald Building a Universe, by Danny Wadeso...
Table of Contents (2nd ed.)
Table of Contents - 2nd edition: Introduction, by Tobias Heussner Building a Universe, by Danny Wadeson Get It into the Game: Writing and Implementation, by Tobias Heussner Cinematics and Dialogue, by Brian Kindregan Get This, Kill That, Talk with … Mission ...
Narrative Design: The Craft of Writing for Games
Title: Narrative Design: The Craft of Writing for Games Author: Michael Breault Publisher: CRC Press First Published: 2020 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429200762 Abstract: Narrative designers and game designers are critical to the development of digit...
ink
Title: ink - A narrative scripting language for games. Authors: inkle Description: Ink is inkle's open source scripting language for writing interactive narrative, both for text-centric games as well as more graphical games that contain highly branching stor...
The Game Narrative Kaleidoscope
Title: The Game Narrative Kaleidoscope Author(s): Jon Ingold et al. Publisher: Inkle First Published: 2026 Link: https://www.inklestudios.com/kaleidoscope/ Abstract: THE GAME NARRATIVE KALEIDOSCOPE collates articles from over a hundred writers, in one 400...
AdvX 2018 - Jon Ingold - Sparkling Dialogue: A Masterclass
Title: Sparkling Dialogue: A Masterclass Author: Jon Ingold Youtube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vRfNtvFVRo Video Description: Game conversations are all too often static and stagey: there’s none of the messy, fun and characterful back and forth ...
Game Scripts Wiki Blog
Title: Game Scripts Wiki Link: https://game-scripts-wiki.blogspot.com/ Description: An unofficial fan-run blog that collects (transcribed) game scripts.
Hamlet on the Holodeck
Title: Hamlet on the Holodeck – The Future of Narrative in Cyberspace Author: Janet H. Murray Publisher: MIT Press First Published: 1997, Updated edition: 2017 Link: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262533485/hamlet-on-the-holodeck/ Abstract: Janet Murray's ...
Writing for Games: Theory and Practice
Title: Writing for Games: Theory and Practice Author: Hannah Nicklin Publisher: CRC Press First Published: 2022 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003182832 Abstract: Focusing on the independent videogames sector, this book provides readers with a vocabular...
The Pocket Mentor for Video Game Writers
Title: The Pocket Mentor for Video Game Writers Author: Anna Megill Publisher: CRC Press First Published: 2023 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003282259 Abstract: Want to become a writer in the games industry? Then this is the book is for you. Award-wi...