[arg_discuss] screenwriting software ARG enabled

[Dominic de Haas]

Although I can not really add anything to the software as suggested by the
others, I did want to thank you all for discussions like these that help out
starting designers like myself.

Thanks a lot,

Dominic

On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 6:56 PM, Steve Peters <scpeters at gmail.com> wrote:


> Oh yeah, and post-its. Lots of post-its. :)

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> On Jul 31, 2009, at 9:33 AM, libfli at aol.com wrote:

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>> having final draft w/trans tools would be so fantastic!

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>> i use final draft for scripting my videos and treat them each as

>> their own film.? i use excel to chart out story release and interactivity.

>> word for everything else.

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>> and i also use old skool foam core boards - having a tool i can touch

>> and that's up for me to see throughout the day is something i really

>> need when dev the story and design.? that could be due to working

>> in tv writer's rooms where we chart everything out for the group on

>> the wall of writers room... idk - but it works for me.

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>> Jan

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>> -----Original Message-----

>> From: Steve Peters <scpeters at gmail.com>

>> To: 'Discussion list of the IGDA ARG SIG' <arg_discuss at igda.org>

>> Sent: Fri, Jul 31, 2009 8:27 am

>> Subject: Re: [arg_discuss] screenwriting software ARG enabled

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>> The main tools I use are a combination of Word for a master design doc,

>> Visio (or OmniGraffle) for flowcharts and Excel for asset lists and what

>> have you. Unwieldy at best, but it gets the job done.

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>> The developers of Final Draft have asked No Mimes Media to work with them

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>> help them develop transmedia tools for the next version of their software,

>> as right now it can't even do something as simple as pasting in foreign

>> language fonts or calling out different formats for video vs. audio

>> scripts,

>> etc. It still remains the industry standard for script generation, though.

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>> Hope that helps!

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>> Steve

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>> -----Original Message-----

>> From: arg_discuss-bounces at igda.org [mailto:arg_discuss-bounces at igda.org]

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>> Behalf Of Julien FMJ

>> Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 7:37 AM

>> To: arg_discuss at igda.org

>> Subject: [arg_discuss] screenwriting software ARG enabled

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>> Hello everyone,

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>> I'd like to ask you a question that's torturing me since I'm interested in

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>> designing ARG. I always wondered if there were screenwriting softwares

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>> fit better the transmedia problematic than softwares made for traditionnal

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>> linear stories.

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>> I'm thinking about a soft that would allow me to create a linear stories,

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>> then cut it into components, then drag and drop it into timelines (there

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>> would be timelines for each media developped). For now I use the basic

>> iWork

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>> suite.

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>> In the past I used Celtx <http://www.celtx.com> that allow you to

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>> collaborate with other people around traditional screen play, storyboard

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>> character description. Some friends of mine advised me Final

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>> Draft<%20http://www.finaldraft.com>.

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>> I found the three following services : five

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>> prockets<http://www.fivesprockets.com/fs-portal/>,

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>> Novamind <http://www.novamind.com> and Storyist<%20http://

>> www.storyist.com/>

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>> I guess there is no easy way to build the structure of an ARG but anyway I

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>> wonder if you have examples of schemas, tables or tools that helped design

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>> the architecture of ARGs.

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>> Thank you in advance ;)

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>> julien aubert

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>> http://www.faismoijouer.com

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>> @juli3n

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