The Key To Writing An Incredible Video Game Story (From Idea To Finished Script)
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- Опубліковано 22 тра 2024
- Today we're looking at how to write an incredible video game story and script!
Everyone loves video games. From player driven games, to visual novels, character focused games and MMORPGs, there are games that suit every type of player. If you are considering creating your own video game, then the story is one of the key elements that can make it a success. That's why I decided to create this tutorial to help you write a great video game story, with characters who feel believable, interesting worlds for players to explore, natural choices and game mechanics, and how to turn all those ideas into a professionally formatted script that can easily be made into the video game of your dreams.
I believe that every video game has key elements that make up the structure of it, and these factors need to be considered when you want to create your own. Let's focus on these key tips and tricks in today's tutorial video, how to write a video game story, and how to write an amazing script to go alongside it. Thank you so much for watching!
0:00 Welcome
0:30 Types Of Video Game Stories
1:36 How To Outline The Story For Your Video Game
2:43 Using The Story Tree Method
3:15 Building A Game World Worth Exploring
3:50 Creating Meaningful Video Game Characters
4:30 Choice And Split Second Decisions
5:00 Types Of Endings In Video Games
6:00 How To Write A Video Game Script
6:21 Formatting Microsoft Word For Video Game Script Writing
7:46 Writing A Video Game Script Step By Step
10:36 Showing The Results Of Choices In A Video Game
11:00 Thank you!
Personally, my favourite comfort game is Runescape. I played Runescape since I was young, and it was always my go to if I wanted to just relax. This video was very fun for me to make, because I got to cover topics about my favourite game. What is your favourite game?
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This reminds me of those “Choose Your Own Adventure” books that I have, and I think that these tips can be helpful if someone is writing that kind of novel.
I love those kinds of books! I agree, I think these tips can apply to that kind of story too. 😊
From personal experience it's also much more convenient to change text, as opposed to jumping in without a clear plan and thus having to modify character art, models, events, etc.
thank you so so much
This helped organize my thoughts alot thank you !
I'm happy to hear that! Thank you. 😊
Loved the video Midnight! Very interesting.
Thank you! 😊 I'm happy you enjoyed it.
Thank you so much I need this 🙏🏽
Thank you so much for watching!!
Can you do a videos on maintaining a minimal cast?
I'm not really a fan of large casts of characters. Sometimes i forget like half of them. I myself want many characters but just enough to remember all of them.
The only way i know i to give one character as many traits and characteristics as possible before moving on to the next. Usually brain and brawn are separate characters but i much prefer a strong guy who happens to be smart. Slashing and flying dude are also like this. My character, Hyper is one example of this; he's got chainsaws and flight. B-Box is another example; he has a car mode that can fly, can shoot soundwaves, eject cartridge minions, he's a communications officer and musician (rockstar and DJ). I basically took Soundwave, Jazz, Blaster and Tracks and fused them into one character. Last example; Tear-resa; she's got extending limbs, circular saw blades that can be thrown and controlled Star Wars style, extra arms on her back that can detach with their own saw blades that act as makeshift turbines, roller skates and blaster arms.
Would love to see a video on this "minimal cast" topic
This is an awesome idea! I will make a video about this topic in the future! 😊
Nice!!
Thank you!
Hi luna i missed u! Im planning on create a game like kingdom hearts, final fantasy, and disney princess enchnated journey. I want to create a rpg that lets u create your own character and have disney stories in them too but i dont want to get sued or in fringe on those games. Do u have any tips for me? Also i want to have the player pick a boy or girl for this game too. Can u help me? 😊
Hello Ash!!! It's good to hear from you. 😊 These ideas sound fantastic. I love RPG games, especially those that let you create your own characters. However, keep in mind that if you choose to include Disney characters in your game, you would only be able to release your game for free as a fangame. You could use a software such as RPGMaker, which can help you to create it. If you wanted to sell the game, you wouldn't be able to use copyrighted characters. You can however, create your own characters that might be loosely inspired by Disney.
Hey can you make a a video on how to to make a heist/robbery or escape room genre . I have a another one also like Can you give us tips on the whodunnit murder mystery genre.
Thank you for your suggestions! 😊
Do you have an idea of how long the scripts are? Say games like god of war 2018 or The last of us 2?
Many scripts for bigger games have a similar amount of words as a regular novel, 50,000-80,000 words. I don't know the exact amount for these particular games, but I do know Detroit Become Human has about 2000 pages in its script.
@@midnightXcross I Know how to write a screenplay, but how would you format branching dialogue in the document, I'm aware of the flow chart, but it seems better to keep everything in one document. Thanks for getting back to me.
Lovlely ❤
Thank you for watching! 💖
@@midnightXcross can u maybe make more vids like this
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Can you make a video about how to write a good fanfiction
Yes, I can do this!