Games Writing

Podcast - Joe Velikovsky “Growing Worlds’

Sep 16th, 2008 | By Gary Hayes | Category: Business, Design, Games, Games Writing, Last Post, Seminar, Story of the Future, Virtual Worlds, Workshop

‘Growing Worlds” An abridged Presentation on Games Writing and Adaptation by Joe Velikovsky
(Note: the first half of the podcast contains loopback echo due to technical issues)
In this abridged (20 out of 35 mins) presentation at a LAMP Insight ‘Growing Worlds - Games Adaptation Seminar’  Joe looks specifically at the practical side of games design and [...]


Pod and Vodcast - The Game of Writing Games with Matt Costello

Jun 7th, 2008 | By Gary Hayes | Category: Audience, Business, Console, Games, Games Writing, Lead Story, Podcasts, Seminar, Story of the Future, Workshop

John Banks and Peter Giles interview Matt Costello in two parts at the LAMP: Story of the Future Residential held at Couran Cove, Queensland, Australia in December 2007.
Matt talks about story worlds and how the game play is very dependent on the underlying story and how more importantly they really need to be developed in [...]


Video LAMP VIII Mixed Reality, Mini ARG - “Old Forest”

Mar 9th, 2008 | By Gary Hayes | Category: ARG, Broadband PC, Design, Games, Games Writing, Machinima, Mixed Reality, Mobile, Production, Project, Residential Feb 2008, Second Life, Seminar, Social Networks, Virtual Worlds, Workshop

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A mini ARG (Alternate Reality Game) with virtual world parallel components as part of the 8th LAMP residential in Marysville, Victoria Australia.
We have been running LAMP residential workshops for nearly 3 years now and on the first day we normally run a team bond/building game. The last eight have been 2+ hour long location puzzles, [...]


GROWING WORLDS: Turning Your Stories in to Games - Melbourne Seminar

Feb 12th, 2008 | By Gary Hayes | Category: Audience, Design, Film, Film Victoria, Games, Games Writing, Production, Seminar, Story of the Future, Workshop

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GROWING WORLDS: TURNING YOUR STORIES IN TO GAMES
Presented by AFTRS LAMP, Australia Council’s Story of the Future and Film Victoria
So what makes a great game and what skills do creators of these experiences need in order to develop compelling commercially viable content for the future?
A seminar, interview and workshop for story-tellers interested in adapting [...]