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Writing game script??

by Martin Askestad · in General Discussion · 03/06/2005 (12:06 pm) · 2 replies

I need to write a script for my game. Not a "torque script" but a script dealing with story, dialog, scenes etc.

Do I write this the same way as I would write a movie script? The main problem I have is the fact that the game is interactive. There will be several paths to take, also several endings, as the player may fail at difirent places in the game.
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Torque Owner Chris Newman
#1
03/06/2005 (12:28 pm)
One way to deal with it is take a piece of paper and draw a circle, that is your starting scene. Associate that with a number. Next decide how many paths are there from that scene, draw a line for each path to another circle, give each another number.. etc

And somewhere else have numbers with the scene description and what can happen at each scene.

So in the end you have a nice graph and the descriptions to go with each path.

Mare Kuntz
#2
03/06/2005 (1:41 pm)
If you are not at least an advanced writer, you should recruit one to write the script. Writing good interactive fiction is quite challenging, and it's a pity how many games have good gameplay and graphics and sound but are ruined by a lousy story.