[arg_discuss] Tools for ARG developers

[despain at quantumcontent.com]

FYI, the IGDA Game Writing SIG is putting together an online game
script/docs library so people can see real-world examples.

In every other writing discipline, people who want to improve their craft
can read screenplays or novels or shortstories etc. written by successful
creators in the field, but in gamewriting the basic documents writers
produce are very hard to find, especially for newcomers. This leaves a lot
of writers re-inventing the wheel.

If anyone has ARG planning documents to share, we would love to include
them in our online script library. This may be a more comfortable way of
sharing the information, rather than sending it out to a mailing list.

If this possibility might work for you, please contact me offlist and
we'll talk about how to set it up.

Wendy Despain
Writing SIG Chair




> Would anyone be willing to share such an outline to show what goes

> into it on a whole?

>

> - Beth

>

>

> On Nov 28, 2007 10:28 AM, Mark Heggen <markheggen at gmail.com> wrote:

>> If you are working with other people, Google Spreadsheets and Docs can

>> be

>> incredibly helpful. A free web-based spreadsheet that can be accessed by

>> multiple people and edited in real time comes in handy on just about any

>> collaborative project, and I have found ARGs to be no exception.

>>

>> _mark heggen

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>> On 11/28/07, Tony Walsh <tony at secretlair.com> wrote:

>> >

>> > I've used a spreadsheet the size of a meeting-room wall for past

>> games.

>> > On one axis, you have all the actors (characters and other forces).

>> On

>> > the other axis, you have all the major events:  This could be

>> episodes,

>> > scenes, plot-points, etc.  You then know what every actor in your game

>> > is supposed to be doing during your storyline.  With the entire thing

>> > printed out, you can mark it up, add sticky notes, etc.  Probably a

>> > giant whiteboard would be ideal for this.

>> >

>> > --

>> > Tony Walsh

>> > email tony at secretlair.com

>> > mobile/sms +1 416 894 0894

>> > home http://www.secretlair.com

>> > blog http://www.clickableculture.com

>> >

>> >

>> >

>> > marc at thedigitaldemons.com wrote:

>> > > Hi guys,

>> > >

>> > > I'm in the process of outlining a grassroots game, and I want to do

>> it

>> > > in quite a bit of detail. I was thinking of both spider diagrams and

>> > > flow charts, but I'm unsure how to best document the interactions in

>> a

>> > > game. I'm finding it's incredibly hard to document such a non-linear

>> > > game in a linear form.

>> > >

>> > > Any tips on how to do this, what level of abstraction to go into

>> when

>> > > documenting a game. What sort of tools do you guys use? (Mac/Pc)

>> > >

>> > > Thanks,

>> > >

>> > > Marc

>> > >

>> > >

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> Beth Aileen Dillon

> PhD Student, Simon Fraser University

> School of Interactive Arts and Technology

> Research Assistant, Aboriginal Territories in Cyberspace

> http://www.bethadillon.com

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