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After last year’s standing room only inaugural conference, the Game Writers Conference — the only conference dedicated solely to game writing — is back in Austin on 6^th-7^th September, running concurrently with the first two days of the Austin Game Conference. The Game Writers Conference will bring together writers, developers, and drafters from around the world and from over 430 companies to discuss the art of game writing.

Registration is $395, or $350 for students, until 5^th September, when registration is $495 and $450 respectively; to save an additional 20%, use the discount code: agcnice

Registration for the Game Writers Conference also allows entry to the Austin Game Conference, the Game Audio Conference, and the Casual Games Conference.

This year’s speaker roster features some of the best writers in the industry with resumes boasting the hit titles Mass Effect, Psychonauts, Jade Empire, Destroy All Humans, NeverwinterNights 2, God of War, Leisure Suit Larry, Rainbow Six: Lockdown and Splinter Cell: Double Agent; this year’s speakers include:

• Erik Wolpaw (Valve)
• Harvey Smith (Midway Austin)
• Chris Avellone (Obsidian Entertainment)

• Marianne Krawcyzk

This year’s conference sessions include:

• Narrative design: writing stories with gameplay in mind
• Creating characters for games
• Inside the voice actor’s studio: writing dialogue for actors
• Improvisation for writers
• Finding new models for game stories
• Writing comedy for games
• The imago effect: avatar psychology

• Screen/play: story documentation

Game Writers Conference

http://www.gamewritersconference.com/

Register for the Game Writers Conference

http://www.gamewritersconference.com/register/

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