Well then, just learn gamemaker, RPG maker or some other simple engine and get going! stuff like that is a lot easier to do then to break into AAA and do writing there. if you want to focus on more indi style stuff there are no excuses! just start producing, make something :)
yeah I know! knowing how games work when you write for them, who needs that!? EDIT: ok, assuming your right, and he is just confused, this makes me look like a douche...buuut...they actually do have a lot in common. hmm, now Im confused:poly105:
When we are talking about writing in games, we are talking about things like story, quests, dialogue, narrative, character development. When we are talking about game mechanics, we are talking about designing games and sitting in Excel spreadsheets doing math magic all day long.
WOW. I posted this a year ago and I didn't expect this thread to continue. To answer your question earlier, I want to write the story for games. I think its called a Scenario Writer. I've seen them in the credits of my favorite games. I used to write scripts for a game when I was a teenager and that's something I've been…
This sounds more like you want to be a Game designer, actually, not a writer. Especially after mentioning you want to design levels. So, uh... ??? (You may need to further narrow down what you want to do. Do you want to write narrative, dialog and quests etc in detail? or do you want to draw out the overarching plot and…