Game Writers SIG/Initiatives/Tools

International Game Developers Association

Contents 1 Details 2 Plan of Action 3 Volunteers 4 How to Join 5 Research Items 6 Current Status 7 Tools Questionnaire

Details

Game writers currently use a mix of tools to get their work done. In most cases, these tools were not designed with game writing in mind. We will investigate what tools game writers currently use and how an open-source solution could improve game writing.

Plan of Action

1. Create a Tools Questionnaire to find out what game writers are using to do their jobs, and how they could be improved.
2. Create a list of must-have features based on the questionnaire.
3. Create a list of desirable features based on the questionnaire.
4. Investigate current open-source offerings as solutions for game writers.
5. Turn our features list into a high-level design document.
6. "Go public" by taking our design document to the IGDA as a project proposal.

Volunteers

• Stephen Dineheart
• Ron Toland
• Roane Beard
• Corvus Elrod
• Coray Seifert

How to Join

• Join our Google Group: GW SIG Tools Initiative
• Reply to one of the discussions on the Google Group, and volunteer to do something that strikes your interest!

Research Items

• What tools are game writers currently using?
• How could those tools be better?

Current Status

• Meeting with Celtx to discuss forming a partnership to adapt their software for game writing.
• Putting together a comprehensive tools survey to send to the SIG at large.

Tools Questionnaire

1. List the tools (software, whiteboard, pen and paper) you currently use for game writing.
2. What do you use each tool for?
3. What critical features do you feel are missing from those tools?
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