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050	0	0	_aPN 4731 _b.E87 2025
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100	1		_aEpstein, Alex, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aCrafty game writing : _bsecrets of great videogame narrative / _cAlex Epstein.
246	3		_aSecrets of great videogame narrative
250			_aFirst edition.
263			_a2503
264		1	_aBoca Raton, FL : _bCRC Press, _c2025.
300			_axviii, 184p.: _bill.:
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"Every writer dreams of creating their own game world and telling their own stories. But creating a new game from scratch is different from working on an established franchise. If you're writing for Star Wars or Assassin's Creed or the Marvel Universe, the groundwork has already been laid for you. But what if you are the person who has to lay that groundwork? Where do you start? How do you decide which, among the endless story options, is the right one? How do you create a story that plays nice with the gameplay and pulls the player in? Alex Epstein, an experienced narrative director who has worked on half a dozen new IPs, takes you step-by-step through the process of creating compelling new worlds and characters that feel real. Of course, many challenges are the same, whether you're creating your own game or working within a franchise. How do you make players think they have maximum freedom when they absolutely do not? What makes players inhabit a game story, not just skip past it? How can "dirty narrative" (a term Epstein coined) increase player engagement? Packed with practical tips, Crafty Game Writing: Secrets of Great Videogame Narrative will help you understand the invisible infrastructure of player-pulled storytelling for video games - whether you aspire to make your own indie game or create the Next Big Thing for a AAA studio. - The book is packed with tools to help the writer not only know what to write, but how to write it well. - The author has created the narrative for half a dozen entirely new games (not based on prior i.p.) and discusses how to build characters and worlds out of nothing. (Note: most video game writers, including game writing book writers, have worked in franchises.) - The book includes the semi-heretical "dirty narrative" writing technique, using mysteries, absences and translucent liars to pull the player into engagement with the game world and story"-- _cProvided by publisher.
588			_aDescription based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
650		0	_aVideo games _xAuthorship _xVocational guidance.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aEpstein, Alex. _tCrafty game writing _bFirst edition. _dBoca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2025 _z9781032963150 _w(DLC) 2024054576
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