Introduction to Narrative Design for Video Games
The world of the profession
A course by Víctor Ojuel , Narrative Designer and Video Game Writer
Joined May 2019
About the video: The world of the profession
Overview
“Finally, I explain some general brushstrokes of the professional world of video game narrative: the main differences between working on AAA projects vs indie , and being a writer in-house vs a freelancer . We will end with some curious anecdotes, advice on how to find clients and encouraging you to enter this exciting world. ”
In this video lesson Víctor Ojuel addresses the topic: The world of the profession, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Narrative Design for Video Games. Learn to tell interactive stories and get started in the world of video games.
Partial transcription of the video
“The Industry If you came this far, that probably means you're interested in working professionally in the world of narrative design. Congratulations. Welcome. And well, I would like to share with you how I did it, how I started, and tell you one or two stories I lived back in the day. This is a world that has completely changed in recent years. It has evolved so quickly and continues to do so. I think that's fascinating. I hope you think so too if you're planning on doing this for a living. I started back in 2012, while working in a completely unrelated industry, in advertising. It's not ju...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Narrative Design for Video Games
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Category
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Areas
Game Design, Script, Video Games

Víctor Ojuel
A course by Víctor Ojuel
Víctor Ojuel has been working for years in what is perhaps the smallest niche within the multimillion-dollar video game industry: script writing and narrative design. His job is to tell stories, but in a different way than in all other kinds of media due to the interactive nature of video games.
With a huge list of projects divided between Steam and other distribution platforms, Victor is one of the most prolific video game writers in the world. Temtem, Mighty Poligon, Wildermyth, and DimensionDrive are some of the standout games on which he has collaborated.
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