Approaching a Pedagogy of Game Writing

In this 2021 Educators Summit talk, George Mason University’s Seth Hudson presents a framework for course and curriculum design for game writing and narrative design.

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[Weird_Quests]

Thanks for the insight - I'm an educator, as well as a writer/narrative designer in tabletop and video games - will you be furthering this research? If so, where can I find links to your articles and media?

[dreamingacacia]

I'm glad that there are people trying to improve courses for game development seriously. I could assured that our next generations will be better than us, also now I don't need to think much about how do I transfer my experiences and knowledges to the next generations since there are someone else doing better than me.

[Larkinchance]

Prof Hudson, ... This forum is designed to attract people in the game industry and hopefully people who are interested in elements of the game industry... It would be helpful if you had an overview of what writing is in its simplest form and how it is different from game writing and provide some examples... I came away learning nothing without my interest piqued in the slightest... my apologies

[Hersatz]

At the end of the day, I believe that the best thing any teacher can do either at a college or university level is to teach actual techniques used in the industry.

Maybe it's just me college experience, but too often teachers have no idea what they should teach to video game specialists.

They often teach the basis in the most generic and unnaplicable way and that is more damaging than anything.

A teacher should always try to understand what is useful for their student right off the bath, regardless of their own backgrounds.