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Professional Techniques for Video Game Writing

By: Wendy Despain

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Professional Techniques for Video Game Writing

By: Wendy Despain

This second edition of Professional Techniques for Video Game Writing is updated with new chapters and new authors, but it’s still a no-nonsense guide to the professional craft of writing for video games. Not only does the text cover story and narrative elements, but it also addresses dialogue, documentation, and strategy guides. Seasoned video game writers each address a different topic, including the best way to break into the video game industry, how to be an efficient part of a team, and the principles of narrative design. The book also offers script samples, technical writing advice, effective writing tips, and suggestions for how to innovate in game narrative. Key Features Comprehensive enough for veterans and accessible enough for novices Goes into detail about how to write tutorials, script doctoring, and writing for AAA games Delivers invaluable experiences directly from writers in the games industry Full of practical advice from industry pros on how to get a job, and then how to get the job done Author Bio Wendy Despain has more than two decades of experience spearheading digital media projects. She has worked with teams around the world as a writer, narrative designer, producer, and consultant on interactive experiences ranging from video games to augmented reality. She’s worked with EA, Disney, Ubisoft, Cartoon Network, PBS, Marvel, and Wargaming. Currently, she’s a Production Director at ArenaNet, makers of the Guild Wars franchise. Her books include: Writing For Videogame Genres: From FPS to RPG Talking to Artists/Talking to Programmers 100 Principles of Game Design

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CRC Press

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0429591764

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9780429591761

Talking to Artists / Talking to Programmers

How to Get Programmers and Artists Communicating

By: Wendy Despain

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How to Get Programmers and Artists Communicating

By: Wendy Despain

Artists and programmers often work together on complex projects in stressful environments and things don’t always go smoothly. Miscommunication and misunderstandings are common as these two disciplines often use the same words to mean different things when they talk to each other. Unintentional slights can turn into long-held grudges and productivity grinds to a crawl. This is a "flip book" that contains two narratives in one. Turn the book one way and read one perspective; turn the book over and upside down and read the other perspective. The narratives can be read separately, one after the other, or in alternating chapters. Talking to Artists / Talking to Programmers can help anyone who wants to improve communication with artists and programmers. It’s set up like a foreign language dictionary, so it addresses the cultural norms, attitudes and customs surrounding the words each group uses, so you’ll know not just what the words in the glossary mean, you’ll know why they’re used that way and how to get communication flowing again. It addresses common reasons for communication problems between these two groups and provides specific suggestions for solutions. The unusual format allows for each side to be given equal weight - learn how to talk to artists starting on one side of the book, turn it over and learn how to talk to programmers. The whole book stresses the things artists and programmers have in common. Focused primarily on videogame developers, it also applies to other fields where tech and art have to work together, including web developers and teams building mobile apps. Anyone who wants to communicate better with programmers or artists - this book can help

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1498700748

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9781498700740

Game Widow

By: Wendy Kays

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Game Widow

By: Wendy Kays

Is your loved one constantly monopolizing your computer or TV to play video games? Is your schedule constantly set back by entreaties of ?five more minutes? or ?let me find a save point?? If so, you might be a game widow. Wendy Kays, former game widow, is here to help. In this book, she successfully bridges the gap between those who game and those who don?t by sharing invaluable advice and practical strategies for reclaiming your relationship with a video-gaming spouse, friend, or family member.?This timely and insightful book?provides some remarkably well-balanced answers to why online games can be so seductive and what you can do when your partner has a gaming problem."?Nick Yee, founder of the Daedalus Project, researcher at Palo Alto Research Center?Game Widow is an important effort in capturing the family dimension of our new digital world and exploring it in a thoughtful, thorough way.??Erin Hoffman, game designer, freelance journalist, quality of life activistWendy Kays has been married to the lead designer of the SOCOM: U.S. Navy Seals video game series for six years and was once a game widow herself. She has been interviewed as an expert on the games industry and culture by various news media, including the Seattle Times. She currently resides in the Pacific Northwest.

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BookPros, LLC

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1934454265

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Letters from a Lady Mormon Missionary

By: Wendy Kaye Woolley Soria

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Letters from a Lady Mormon Missionary

By: Wendy Kaye Woolley Soria

Wendy Soria is a wife, mother, grandmother, and an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (or Mormon Church). She has performed or supported missionary work most of her life, and has held several missionary and teaching positions. Her goal is to encourage missionaries from all denominations to honor Jesus Christ in faithful service, to live exemplary lives of faithful obedience, and to leave a personal written testimony for their posterity. For this purpose, and to assist other missionaries to accomplish similar goals, and to prevent others from making the same mistakes she made in this book, Sister Woolley (Soria) has written a prompt-journal for missionaries entitled Legacy: A Journal of Missionary Service.

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1453533931

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9781453533932

Talking to Artists / Talking to Programmers

How to Get Programmers and Artists Communicating

By: Wendy Despain

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Professional Techniques for Video Game Writing

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Professional Techniques for Video Game Writing

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