1. Busy, Busy!
It’s almost the end of the year – have you:
• Resubmitted referrals/passes for higher
grades?
• Had enough one-to-one tutorials with me?
(You’re entitled to three)
• Handed in ‘Long Way Home’? Let’s talk about it
in just a minute.

2. Confetti Showcase
We’re in the Café and S106 this year and we’ll be showing a wealth of
work from both years. I’d love to hear from you if you’d like to show your
work off to BAFTA, Staffordshire University, NCN, NTU, Bottle Top Media,
GameCity, Caveman Films and Imaginarium, Monumental Games,
Crytek, Charterhouse Graphic Design, Outso Games and your friends,
mums and dads. I’m looking for:
• Clear, solid game designs for display
• Websites for the Macs in S106
• Character designs
• Art portfolios (or work in progress)
• Ren’Ais

3. Confetti Showcase - Awards
Interactive Gaming Awards
Best Games Production
‘Desperation’ – J. Burkey, W. Clarke, N. Goredema, R. Henson, C. Moore, K. White
Ren’Ai – B. Brown, L. Dennis, R. Hogg, J. Rozee, M. Wood
‘Blue-Pac Anti-Virus’ – K. White
Best Game Design
Elapse – N.Voice
FATE – K. White
Steam Voyage – S.McLean
Sniper: Lost Memories – R. Reavley

4. Confetti Showcase - Awards
Student of the Year Nominations
Nathan Goredema
Laura Mould
Sean Wheat
Stuart McDonald
Oliver Sillito

5. Fire! Fire!
Some fire routes have changed (and we’ve got
rid of the fire axe!)
Where do we go?

6. Japanese Word of the Week (20)
Paatii bakari ja karada ga motanai ya.
[parrtee ba-kah-ri shja ka-rahda
gah mot-anay yah]
Kanpai!

7. Aims & Objectives
Aims:
To build your script and dialogue with hints, tips, tricks and
activities
Objectives:
All students will be able to identify 3 script formatting elements
Most students will be able to identify 3 script formatting elements and
present 2 examples of dialogue evaluation
Some students will be able to identify 3 script formatting elements and
present 2 examples of dialogue evaluation

8. Computer Game Story
Development
14 June 2010
Unit 72 Computer Game Story Development

9. Computer Game Story Development
1 Understand storytelling for games
2 Be able to produce a story for a game
3 Be able to produce game dialogue
4 Be able to reflect upon own narrative work.

10. Understanding Scripts

11. The End Product
What we should finish with at the end of this
unit is an evaluative product featuring the
product of your script.

12. The End Product
How can we ensure:
• That the script has been produced to a
professional standard?
• That we have covered 5 minutes of cut-scene
• That we entertain, inform and don’t lose the
plot?

13. The Starting Point
Formatting is a vital part of scriptwriting. How
we set information out helps:
• Voice Actors
• Direction
• Sound Effects (Foley)
• Running Order / Time

14. Handout 1
Stuff don't work on me. I drink and drink and I never feel any different.
He downs the full glass of whiskey with a swallow. He looks around the bar, at
the pool table in the back, the Wurlitzer jukebox, the stacked bottles of liquor.
You got any insurance on this place?
Insurance? I guess so. Why?
Creed wipes his mouth with the back of his hand.
'Cause it's about to get ugly.
Logan walks into the tavern, sniffing the air. He sees Creed sitting on the
barstool, back to the door.

15. The Starting Point
Activity
Look around the room. Can you put these key
formatting items into the script example of
handout 1?
Tip: Don’t use them all – some are red herrings!

16. How Did You Get On?
Was it easy? Did you use:
Too little formatting?
Too much formatting?

17. The Starting Point
Now your script has some order, have we met
the original criterion of putting a format style
into our scripts?
Go Back
How will we use what we’ve learnt in our script
development and the recording of our script?

18. Time is of the Essence
How long does each page last on average?
A good rule of thumb is:
• 1 page = 1 minute action
• 2 page = 2-3 minutes dialogue (inc. Direction)

19. Time is of the Essence
How long is 1 minute?
60, 59, 58, 57, 56, 55, 54, 53, 52, 51,
50, 49, 48, 47, 46, 45, 44, 43, 42, 41,
40, 39, 38, 37, 36, 35, 34, 33, 32, 31,
30, 29, 28, 27, 26, 25, 24, 23, 22, 21,
20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11,
10, 09, 08, 07, 06, 05, 04, 03, 02, 01

20. Being A Good Director
What’s in your head?
The Film?
The Game?
Both?

21. Being A Good Director
Can we talk about how?
Let’s look at handout 2.

22. Being A Good Director
Activity
In groups of NO MORE than 3. Can you choose
who will be the actors and who the director?
Then, using handout 2, please go through this 2
minute piece of dialogue.

23. Being A Good Director
How did you do?
Directors – what were your strengths and
weaknesses?
Voice Actors – could you improve? How did your
director help you?

24. Being A Good Director
• Respect your actors – they’re working for free!
• Encourage annotation
• Make your peace with editing

25. Assignment Time!
Let’s have a look at 7.2. Take note of:
• Criterion
• Patterns
• Strengths from assignment 7.1
AQA!

26. Overview – What Have We Learned?
• Script formatting basics
• Making the most of your voice actors
• Making your peace with editing!
Have we met our outcomes?

27. Next Week
Sounds and music!
Finishing the product...