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1281:. I believe there are enough differences between the two for separate articles to be warranted. For instance: combining story with game mechanics, writing many smaller pieces to present lore, writing within a branching path structure, writing around a "blank slate" player character, etc. The article certainly needs a lot of work to cover everything it should, but I believe that a. retaining it as a separate article does no harm, and b. the needed work is more likely to be encouraged if it remains separate. 1030: 427: 497: 22: 856: 74: 53: 843: 84: 486: 718: 662: 998: 869: 893: 987: 524: 440: 1208:. From what I can see, all the things that make video game writing any different from the average screenwriting style could be pretty easily summarized within a paragraph or so on that page. 830: 802: 760: 704: 1240:
seems to be a good idea in articles' current state. Although, video game writing might warrant its own article at some point, assuming editors can avoid overlap with screenwriting.
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100% agree. Merge - If there was lots about writing specifically for Video games, then that would be fine, but there isn't much in RS's that make it worth a standalone article
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actually discusses different types of writers. I believe merging of these two articles would allow to explain the topic in a more concise and ordered fashion.
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https://www.theguardian.com/culture/australia-culture-blog/2014/feb/21/writing-video-games-can-narrative-be-as-important-as-gameplay
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only the first and the last paragraph seems to be about the profession of a writer and the rest is concerned with writing. Section
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Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
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was proposed, but not enough support was gained for it to outweigh the unanimous support for this merge.
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on Knowledge. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join
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https://www.bigfishgames.com/blog/video-game-stories-evolution-of-story-character-development/
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https://www.gamespot.com/articles/once-upon-a-time-narrative-in-video-games/1100-6214951/
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https://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/4253/the_uneasy_merging_of_narrative_php?print=1
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https://www.cnet.com/news/video-game-storytelling-evolution-bushnell-schafer-morhaime/
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https://www.usgamer.net/articles/writing-in-games-feature-part-three-cd-projekt-red
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The following references may be useful when improving this article in the future:
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https://lib.ugent.be/fulltxt/RUG01/002/375/924/RUG01-002375924_2017_0001_AC.pdf
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https://parade.com/301954/camayak/the-evolution-of-storytelling-in-video-games/
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I could do you one better and propose that both articles be merged into
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Subsequent comments should be made in a new section.
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