This volume is Steve’s fourth book on game writing topics. Steve has worked in the games industry for thirty years and in this final game-related book before he retires, he brings together all of the articles he’s written over the last 20 years. Presented here in the interests of completeness, these articles not only represent some of Steve’s core writing beliefs, they also show his dedication to passing on his knowledge and experience.
Steve Ince is a writer, artist and game designer with many years of experience, working with a variety of global clients and has gained two prestigious award nominations for his work. His book, Writing for Video Games, was published by A&C Black. This was recently followed by the book, An Introduction to Game Writing then 201 Things for Better Game Writing.
The first of his ventures into novel writing was with the urban fantasy story, Blood and Earth set in the historic town of York.
Steve’s skills have been utilised on a number of children’s books, both with his writing and his illustration. The Magic Snowflake, The Doll’s House, The Quinton Quads and the Mystery of Malprentice Manor and Amanda Alexander and the Very Friendly Panda, to name a few.
He also wrote the short film, Payment.
Although now retired from game writing, Steve continues to write books and create online comic strips.
The material in this book is great. It's clearly communicated. And it's kept simple. Some books about writing get lost in their own details and, as this this more a collection of articles and blog posts rather than a full book, Collected Game Writing Articles doesn't get in its own way.