Developing Branching Narratives – LudoNarraCon 2020 Panel

Developing Branching Narratives – LudoNarraCon 2020 Panel

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Developing Branching Narratives – LudoNarraCon 2020 Panel
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Five game developers and narrative designers discuss how to deal with the changing realities of interactive storytelling.

This panel originally aired during LudoNarraCon 2020, a digital festival celebrating narrative games hosted on Steam and organized by Fellow Traveller Games.
Learn more about LNC: http://ludonarracon.com
Learn more about Fellow Traveller: http://fellowtraveller.games

Panelists: Graham Reznick, Sam Maggs, Karin Weekes, Sam Barlow, Christian Divine

Sam Maggs is a bestselling author of books, comics, and video games. She has been a senior writer for games, including Marvel's Spider-Man; author of many young adult and middle grade books such as The Unstoppable Wasp, Con Quest!, Tell No Tales, and The Fangirl's Guide to the Galaxy; and comic book writer for popular titles such as Marvel Action: Captain Marvel, My Little Pony, and Transformers. She is also an on-air host for networks such as Nerdist. As a Canadian in Los Angeles, she misses Coffee Crisp and packaged milk.

Karin Weekes has been an editor at BioWare since 2006, working on projects including DA:O, DA II, DA:I; ME2, ME3, ME:Andromeda; SW:ToR; Anthem. A lifelong singer, she currently sings in a swing choir and a queer community choir in Edmonton, AB, where she lives with her partner Patrick, her two school-age sons (who regularly smack their mom in various video games), and far too many rescued dogs and cats.

Sam Barlow is a director and writer known for games that push the boundaries of interactive narrative. With Silent Hill: Shattered Memories, he created a classic that psychologically profiled its players, and with Her Story, he reinvented the detective genre for the YouTube generation. In 2019, he released his most ambitious title yet, the investigative thriller Telling Lies.

Graham Reznick is co-writer of Supermassive Games' UNTIL DAWN, MAN OF MEDAN, THE INPATIENT, HIDDEN AGENDA, and UNTIL DAWN: RUSH OF BLOOD in VR. He is also writer/director of the Shudder television series DEADWAX.

Christian Divine is the author of the award-winning games LIFE IS STRANGE, THE AWESOME ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN SPIRIT, and LIFE IS STRANGE 2. He was also the author of the original DEUS EX game and John Romero's DAIKATANA.

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