IGPS I Assignment 3
- 1. VISION PRESENTATION Victor Dahlqvist
- 2. INTRODUCTION ● Before ● Storywriter ● Designer ● Producer ● Unfocused! ● Now ● Crossroads – Focus on one! ● Goal ● Focus on storywriting – become specialized. ● Other skills will help
- 3. INTRODUCTION ● Why this? ● Know many things – excel at none. ● More specialized – more valuable asset. ● Why now? ● Time is running out (CSN) ● Professional situation optimal. ● Must earn my place to keep it. ● Improve degree or waste it.
- 4. INTRODUCTION ● Important for my own sake... ● Explore and learn good practices. ● Growth – personal and professional. ● ...but also for employers, present and future! ● Specialized = Specialist. ● Good practices = Good employee. ● My target skillset makes me attractive on the market. ● Research. ● Wanted ads.
- 5. REWARDS ● Competative Advantages. ● New knowlege. ● New experience. ● Rare insights into the process. ● Good Practices. ● Reading. ● Writing. ● ..and more to come! ● The Screenwriter who works with games vs. The Gamewriter who works with screenplays.
- 6. REWARDS ● What I can offer: ● High-quality storylines – adapted to fit seamlessly with game mechanics. ● What collaboration will offer me: ● Experience. – Working on other people's ideas. – Working with industry-like pipelines.
- 7. REWARDS ● Best case scenario: ● Gain vital knowlege ● Gain additional experience ● Expanded portfolio ● Obtain advanced degree ● Become Employable in my desired role
- 8. CHALLENGES ● Requires very little in the way of resources, HOWEVER: ● Requires lots of invested (spare)time. ● Dicipline is a must! ● Requires at least one larger project. ● Limited window of opportunity! ● I have yet to put down a subject for my thesis.
- 9. CHALLENGES ● How can I tell? ● Sparetime – because I planned it that way. – Good practices! ● Limited window for groups – I must... – Identify sufficently challenging projects. – Settle for and be accepted as part of one of the above projects. – ...and before my position is filled! ● Experience with courses of this nature tells me, the good groups are formed early.
- 10. CHALLENGES ● Medium-term: ● Settling on a subject for my thesis. – Limited previous experience. – Will require guidance(!)
- 11. CHALLENGES ● Long-term: ● Potentially increased workload – Thesis – Project – Sources outside IGPS(!)
- 12. CHALLENGES ● Short-term: ● Finding a suitable group / project. ● (Already done!)
- 13. ABILITY ● Existing Skill set ● High stress-tolerance. – Allows me to handle a greater workload. ● Proven record of work within my field. – Helps in getting accepted into a dev-team. ● Motivations ● Most of the workload in highly creative. ● All of the work is certainly challenging! ● Good chanse for getting recognition. ● External Network ● IGPS Staff. ● Co-workers (12 O'clock Studios). ● Books(!).
- 14. ABILITIY ● Human Resources ● Mostly self-reliant ● Trusted Co-workers available for proof-reading, brainstorming, etc. ● Logistical Resources ● Office ● The 4 Bs –Bed – Bar – Bus – Bathroom ● Financial Resources ● CSN
- 15. ABILITY ● External Factors ● Interactive stories – common and incredibly popular! – Mass Effect – Dragon Age – Heavy Rain ● Screenwriters are common – training in interactive storydesign isn't. ● Not an easy market – but certainly not an impossible one! ● Always opportunities for talented gamewriters.
- 16. STRATEGY ● Milestones ● 31/10/11 – Aquire Project. – Set Goals. ● 28/11/11 – Quantify Goals. – Set Title for Thesis. ● 01/06/12 – Thesis done. – All required work / material for project done. – Portfolio finished, active and up-to-date.
- 17. STRATEGY ● For my own goals: ● I will be responsible. ● In the project(s) I participate in: ● I will be responsible for... – (coming up with story-ideas) – Develop the story and characters. – Writing any dialogue, notes, letters, trivia or other story- related texts. – Ensure that the story is well-adapted to the mechanics and structure of the game.
- 18. STRATEGY ● Risks ● Time Consumption: MEDUIM. – Always a risk. – Extensive experience in planning – Will only be planning for myself. ● Capacities: LOW. – Small risk that my skills are not yet enough. ● Resources: NONE. – I have all that I need. ● Validity of assumptions: MEDIUM. – Situation in the industry might change. – I may have misread signals. – I may not have all the fact – Always a risk(!).