by Jennifer Mendez | Jun 23, 2017 | Blog, Business, Marketing, Writing
Want to create an engaging dev blog, but fear it will take valuable time away from game development? Take it from us, the people behind all these blog posts: blogging isn’t as difficult as it may seem at first glance. There are several resources out there,...
by Jennifer Mendez | Apr 14, 2017 | Blog, Game Design, Game Development, Marketing, Writing
Unless you’re a game scriptwriter or narrative designer, chances are that writing doesn’t come to mind often. However, it plays a big role in development. Far beyond the creative scope of things, consider every other share of copy you have to get done....
by Black Shell Media | Apr 7, 2017 | Blog, Guest Post, Writing
Today’s guest post is co-authored by Nikola “Mentoluptus” Banko and Vlatko “Wladisha” Goljevacki of Black Olive Games. A lot of games have appeared lately that feature lots of reading and navigating through conversations (Shadowrun,...
by Black Shell Media | Mar 26, 2017 | Blog, Game Design, Guest Post, Technology, Writing
Today’s guest post is by game designer and developer Will Nations and originally appeared on Will’s website. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4 can be found here. Today’s the day! We’ve gotten an idea of what form Toki Sona-based narrative scripting will take, and...
by Black Shell Media | Mar 19, 2017 | Blog, Game Design, Guest Post, Technology, Writing
Today’s guest post is by game designer and developer Will Nations and originally appeared on Will’s website. Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 can be found here. At this point, I’ve communicated the basics of the Toki Sona language (a “story-focused” Toki Pona), its...
by Jennifer Mendez | Mar 13, 2017 | Blog, Game Design, Game Development, Writing
Sexism in Games is Real . . . As we discussed before, in my previous article, sexism is a real world issue. It’s prevalent in the media, Hollywood, TV shows, music, and yes, games. Anytime there is discrimination or stereotyping of anyone based on gender, they...
