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Game Writer Telltale Games
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Responsibilities:Work with game designers in a writers? room to create an effective narrative melded with good game design
Generate outlines, story treatments, character descriptions, casting documents, and other support materials
Champion consistent characters, strong motivations, dramatic arcs, and meaningful story content during the development process
Write interactive scripts to accomplish all of the above while supporting gameplay needs. Fantastic dialog skills are a must.
Revise and edit own scripts and those of other writers
Assist as needed with marketing and other company communications that require the written word
Essential Skills:
Ability to craft compelling fictional stories across multiple genres
Knowledge of screenwriting and how to write for the camera
Understanding of how to use narrative events and game design to grow and impact characters
Ability to write snappy and engrossing dialog in different voices
Ability to work in the style of an existing intellectual property
Effective collaboration
Ability to respond to editorial feedback with comprehensive rewrites
Estimation of, and adherence to, deadlines
Essential Experience:
College degree preferred in screenwriting, creative writing, or similar; or equivalent professional experience
Deep understanding of games and interactivity
Writing samples: Please submit at least two polished samples demonstrating mastery of narrative structure, character development and dialog. (Comedy and serious drama are both acceptable; send your best work.)
Useful Extras:
Actual experience writing specifically for games
Experience with tools such as game engines, non-linear video editing, Flash, etc.
Any exposure to computer programming
An open mind
| Location: | San Rafael, CA 94912 United States |
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Telltale Games
Telltale is the first and only digital publisher to release interactive episodic content on a monthly schedule. Their award-winning internal development studio is responsible for creating landmark episodic content, including Tales of Monkey Island, the Sam & Max series, Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People, and Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventure. Telltale currently develops and publishes episodic series on PC, PlayStation3, Wii, and Xbox 360, with plans to expand to additional platforms and channels this year.Investors: Granite Ventures
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| Web Site: | www.telltalegames.com |
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| Headquarters: | San Rafael, CA 94912 United States |
| Employees: | 41-100 |
| 2004 | |
| Industry: | Media and Entertainment |
| Founded in 2004 by LucasArts veterans with decades of experience, Telltale has quickly become an industry leader, establishing the model for downloadable game seasons and releasing more than 30 games to date. Telltale's titles have won numerous awards including "Adventure Game of the Year" accolades from publications such as IGN, PC Gamer, GameSpy, and Adventure Gamers, and have been recognized by mainstream outlets ranging from USA Today, to The New York Times to Variety. The publisher's landmark Sam & Max series, based on the independent comics by Steve Purcell, paved the way for episodic gaming with two award-winning seasons available on PC, Wii, and Xbox LIVE Arcade. In 2008, Telltale launched the first episodic series available on WiiWare with Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People, five adventures based on the Homestarrunner.com web cartoons. Ranked by USA Today as one of the top five downloadable games to watch in 2009, Telltale's Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures took episodic in a new direction with a series based on Aardman's globally popular franchise. Later that year, Telltale announced and launched Tales of Monkey Island, the highly-anticipated episodic return of Guybrush Threepwood in the series' first original story in nearly a decade. Key Milestones and Accomplishments Founded in 2004 Built a proprietary interactive storytelling technology Funded by top-tier investors Launched direct sales and distribution channel Secured agreements to create premium content based on established licenses (Wallace & Gromit; Monkey Island; Sam & Max; Homestarrunner.com; Bone; CSI: Crime Scene Investigation) Partnered with leading distributors (Time Warner / Turner Entertainment (GameTap); Yahoo Games; Steam; IGN; Big Fish; JoWooD Group; Trymedia; Wild Tangent) Became official developer for Wii, Xbox 360 and PC |
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