Describing your game 101: writing store copy that tells people what they actually care about
Are you human being who sometimes must describe things to other people to convince them to give you money to feed your…
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Can I turn 90-year-old public domain banjo recordings into haunting ambient space music for fun and/or the torment of my enemies?
Did you know that if you take 90-year-old public domain banjo music and then chop it up and slow it down 1000% and…
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Stop wasting your item descriptions!
There's a finite amount of text space in your game. It's a terrible shame to waste any of it. Item descriptions are…
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Making games made me realize that I'm a malformed freak of nature, but at least now I know why none of my shirts fit
– A Tragedy of Seeing With Open Eyes – – – Also Some Rambling Advice about Narrative Delivery Systems – – – – – And…
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Writing Tool Recommendation: The New York Times Dictionary of Misunderstood, Misused, & Mispronounced Words: Words We Know (until Someone Asks Us What They Mean)
In all its rugged splendor.This is a brilliant book, and you should buy it.I was reading Gene Wolfe's Castle of the…
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Branching into Tabletop: Hot Rain Falls on the Boiling City (Sixth Place Winner!)
Out of all my 2024 projects, this was one of the ones that I enjoyed the most.Just for fun, I decided to try narrative…
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Fireball Island: A Master Class in Narrative Design
Has anyone else experienced the master class in narrative design that is Fireball Island: the Curse of Vul-Kar? This…
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I just solved my first ever Sudoku puzzle.
AND I DID IT WITHOUT COFFEE. …And with nothing to help me but an English degree! (It turns out that numbers are just…
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