Useful Links
IGDA Game Writers Special Interest Group (Mailing List)
If you want to find out what games writers are thinking, doing or creating, this is the place to lurk. If you have any questions, it's also a friendly and approachable place to ask them.
Gamasutra
If you want to stay up-to-date with what's going on in the industry, Gamasutra is a great place to start.
GameDevMap
A map-based list of game developers worldwide. Perfect if you want to check who's nearby, or to find out which city you should be moving to.
If you want to find out what games writers are thinking, doing or creating, this is the place to lurk. If you have any questions, it's also a friendly and approachable place to ask them.
Gamasutra
If you want to stay up-to-date with what's going on in the industry, Gamasutra is a great place to start.
GameDevMap
A map-based list of game developers worldwide. Perfect if you want to check who's nearby, or to find out which city you should be moving to.
Recommendations for Play
Recent titles:
The Signifier (PC)
Griftlands (PC)
Death Stranding (PS4/PC)
Far From Noise (PC)
Alien: Isolation (PS4/Xbox One/PC)
Transistor (PS4/PC)
The Swapper (PC)
Final Fantasy XIII-2 (PS3/360)
Ghost Trick (DS/iOS)
Deus Ex: Human Revolution (PS3/360/PC)
Journey (PS3/PS4)
Alan Wake (360/PC)
Heavy Rain (PS3)
Dragon Quest 9 (DS)
BioShock 2 (PS3/360)
Dead Space (PS3/360/PC)
Older titles:
Planescape: Torment (PC)
Baldur's Gate 1 & 2 (PC)
The Dig (PC)
Silent Hill 2 (PS2/PC)
Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly (PS2)
Indie titles:
The Path
Every Day The Same Dream
One Chance
The Passage
5 Days a Stranger
The Signifier (PC)
Griftlands (PC)
Death Stranding (PS4/PC)
Far From Noise (PC)
Alien: Isolation (PS4/Xbox One/PC)
Transistor (PS4/PC)
The Swapper (PC)
Final Fantasy XIII-2 (PS3/360)
Ghost Trick (DS/iOS)
Deus Ex: Human Revolution (PS3/360/PC)
Journey (PS3/PS4)
Alan Wake (360/PC)
Heavy Rain (PS3)
Dragon Quest 9 (DS)
BioShock 2 (PS3/360)
Dead Space (PS3/360/PC)
Older titles:
Planescape: Torment (PC)
Baldur's Gate 1 & 2 (PC)
The Dig (PC)
Silent Hill 2 (PS2/PC)
Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly (PS2)
Indie titles:
The Path
Every Day The Same Dream
One Chance
The Passage
5 Days a Stranger
Recommendations for Reading
Alone Together - Sherry Turkle
The Art of Game Design - Jesse Schell
Hamlet on the Holodeck - Janet H. Murray
Aspects of the Novel - E. M. Forster
The Art of Game Design - Jesse Schell
Hamlet on the Holodeck - Janet H. Murray
Aspects of the Novel - E. M. Forster
Easy Ways to Get Started
As with most forms of writing, the proof of your ability is in what you create.
Twine
The best place to practice branching dialogues. I map out all kinds of experiences in Twine before migrating them to other software. I love being able to go to twinery/org/2 on any PC to instantly start throwing something together.
RPG Maker
Great for making those little top-down RPGs with epic storylines. I used RPG Maker VXAce & MV to make the games on my Story Moments page.
Twine
The best place to practice branching dialogues. I map out all kinds of experiences in Twine before migrating them to other software. I love being able to go to twinery/org/2 on any PC to instantly start throwing something together.
RPG Maker
Great for making those little top-down RPGs with epic storylines. I used RPG Maker VXAce & MV to make the games on my Story Moments page.
