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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...
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...
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...
The Game Writing Guide: Get Your Dream Job and Keep It
Title: The Game Writing Guide: Get Your Dream Job and Keep It Author: Anna Megill Publisher: CRC Press First Published: 2023 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003282235 Abstract: This comprehensive guide walks readers through the entire process of getting ...
Professional Techniques for Video Game Writing
Title: Professional Techniques for Video Game Writing Authors: Wendy Despain (ed.), John Feil, Andrew S. Walsh, Anthony Burch, Marek Walton, Tracy A. Seamster, Samantha Wallschlaeger, Ross Berger, Haris Orkin, Heidi McDonald, Rhianna Pratchett, Richard Dansk...
Branching Story, Unlocked Dialogue
Title: Branching Story, Unlocked Dialogue: Designing and Writing Visual Novels Author: Toiya Kristen Finley Publisher: CRC Press First Published: 2022 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003199724 Abstract: This book covers the distinguishing characteristic...
Writing for Video Game Genres: From FPS to RPG
Title: Writing for Video Game Genres: From FPS to RPG Author: Wendy Despain (ed.), Steve Danuser, Tracy A. Seamster, Daniel Erickson, Lee Sheldon, John Feil, Andrew S. Walsh, Lucien Soulban, Haris Orkin, Stephen Dinehart, Maurice Suckling, David Wessman, Ric...
The Video Game Writer's Guide to Surviving an Industry That Hates You
Title: The Video Game Writer's Guide to Surviving an Industry That Hates You Author: Richard Dansky Publisher: CRC Press First Published: 2025 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003592983 Abstract: There have been many books written about how to write for g...
Collaborative Worldbuilding for Video Games
Title: Collaborative Worldbuilding for Video Games Author: Kaitlin Tremblay Publisher: CRC Press First Published: 2023 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003345619 Abstract: This book is a theoretical and practical deep dive into the craft of worldbuildi...
Video Game Storytelling: What Every Developer Needs to Know about Narrative Techniques
Title: Video Game Storytelling: What Every Developer Needs to Know about Narrative Techniques Author: Evan Skolnick Publisher: Watson Guptill First Published: 2014 Link: https://www.evanskolnick.com/vgs Abstract: With increasingly sophisticated video gam...