The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna 159 | Writing For Video Games & Interactive Screenwriting w/ Shanon M. Ingles and Stephan Bugaj
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Oct 12, 2023 Featuring experts Shanon M. Ingles and Stephan Bugaj, this podcast explores writing for video games and interactive screenwriting. They discuss persistently pitching projects, longing and yearning in scenes, choice design, utilizing DSM for character creation, challenges of working with adapted material, friendship system in Midnight Sons, different approaches to narrative design, frustrations of being a professional writer, and advice for breaking into the entertainment industry.
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Introduction
00:00 • 6min
Dealing with Scripts That Might Not Get Made
05:59 • 13min
Longing and Yearning in Scenes and the Role of Wants in Video Games
19:15 • 3min
The Importance of Choice Design in Game Narratives
22:26 • 14min
Using DSM for character creation and understanding human psychology in narrative and choice design
36:03 • 7min
Working with Adapted Material in the Video Game Industry and Crafting Choices
43:11 • 2min
Writing for Video Games and Interactive Screenwriting: Designing Character Relationships
45:00 • 2min
Different Approaches to Narrative Design in Video Games
46:41 • 19min
Challenges and frustrations of being a professional writer or creative
01:06:10 • 13min
Breaking into the Entertainment Industry and Perseverance
01:18:45 • 3min