Narrative Design for Indies: Getting Started

Edwin McRae

Oct 2017 · Fiction Engine

About this ebook

Short, sharp advice on getting story into your Indie game.

Whether you’re an Indie developer or a narrative designer wanting to work in the Indie space, this book will take you through some tried and true techniques of Indie video game storytelling. These techniques have been developed to blow minds, not budgets.

"An approachable, practical field guide for one of the trickiest and most rewarding aspects of game development, "Narrative Design for Indies" is packed with straightforward, actionable advice. Worth your time!" - Chris Bourassa, Creative Director of Darkest Dungeon.

"This book's real strength lies in the fact that it's aimed directly at the indie developer with specific examples to bolster that." - Steve Ince, Creator of Captain Morgane and So Blonde.

About the author

Edwin has been a writer for the games industry since 2010. He has worked on the stories for many Indie video games, including Path of Exile, Ashen, Rune 2 and Project Haven.