Jack de Quidt's guest appearances

Jack de Quidt

Script Lock

Sarah Elmaleh

Meg Jayanth

Karla Zimonja

Brad Muir

Matthew Burns

Anna Kipnis

Tim Schafer

Jill Murray

Sean Vanaman

Robin Hunicke

Walt Williams

Marc Laidlaw

Mike Laidlaw

Cissy Jones

Jon Ingold

OwlTail

Cara Ellison

Our last episode of the year is here and it's super writing-focused! Cara Ellison (Writer, game critic, narrative designer, creator of Sacrilege, and writer on Dishonored 2) and Jack de Quidt (Writer/composer of Castles in the Sky, and writer of Veracity &amp; Purpose and Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist) join us to talk about their writing processes, working on a narrative when it's fractured across an entire team, why fetch quests occur even though everyone HATES them, the narrative design in The Witcher and Kentucky Route Zero, why a lot of studios are afraid of trusting the player, narrative problem-solving, the verbs that happen in games, navigating breaking the fourth wall, the portrayal of relationships in games, the importance of humor, how to handle pacing, required reading for people working in the industry that isn't about making games, and much, much more. Our Guests on the Internet Cara's Twitter, Website, Dishonored 2, Sacrilege, and you can buy Embed with Games here. Jack's Twitter, Crows Crows Crows, and Friends at the Table. Stuff We Talked About On Pointlessness by Steve Gaynor Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist (it's free!) TO THE WRITERS OF THE UNIT by David Mamet On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King Clint Hocking's Blog Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino Spider and Web by Andrew Plotkin Kentucky Route Zero and the Poetics of Space by Cara Ellison Werner Herzog's Rogue Film School Jessica Jones on Netflix Fargo on Hulu Fiasco Our theme music was composed by 2Mello, and our logo was created by Lily Nishita.

Our last episode of the year is here and it's super writing-focused! Cara Ellison (Writer, game critic, narrative designer, creator of Sacrilege, and writer on Dishonored 2) and Jack de Quidt (Writer/composer of Castles in the Sky, and writer of Veracity &amp; Purpose and Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist) join us to talk about their writing processes, working on a narrative when it's fractured across an entire team, why fetch quests occur even though everyone HATES them, the narrative design in The Witcher and Kentucky Route Zero, why a lot of studios are afraid of trusting the player, narrative problem-solving, the verbs that happen in games, navigating breaking the fourth wall, the portrayal of relationships in games, the importance of humor, how to handle pacing, required reading for people working in the industry that isn't about making games, and much, much more. Our Guests on the Internet <a href="https://twitter.com/caraellison" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cara's Twitter</a>, <a href="http://caraellison.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a>, <a href="https://www.dishonored.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dishonored 2</a>, <a href="http://www.unwinnable.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Sacrilege.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sacrilege</a>, and <a href="http://www.birlinn.co.uk/search.php?mode=search&amp;page=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">you can buy Embed with Games here</a>. <a href="https://twitter.com/notquitereal" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jack's Twitter</a>, <a href="http://crowscrowscrows.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Crows Crows Crows</a>, and <a href="http://friendsatthetable.podbean.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Friends at the Table</a>. Stuff We Talked About <a href="http://www.fullbrightdesign.com/2010/01/on-pointlessness.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">On Pointlessness by Steve Gaynor</a> <a href="http://store.steampowered.com/app/409160/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist</a> (it's free!) <a href="http://movieline.com/2010/03/23/david-mamets-memo-to-the-writers-of-the-unit/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TO THE WRITERS OF THE UNIT by David Mamet</a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/On-Writing-Anniversary-Edition-Memoir/dp/1439156816" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King</a> <a href="http://www.clicknothing.typepad.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Clint Hocking's Blog</a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Invisible-Cities-Italo-Calvino/dp/0156453800" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino</a> <a href="http://eblong.com/zarf/zweb/tangle/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spider and Web by Andrew Plotkin</a> <a href="http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-01-03-cara-ellison-on-the-poetics-of-space" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kentucky Route Zero and the Poetics of Space by Cara Ellison</a> <a href="http://www.roguefilmschool.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Werner Herzog's Rogue Film School</a> <a href="http://www.netflix.com/title/80002311" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jessica Jones on Netflix</a> <a href="http://www.hulu.com/fargo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fargo on Hulu</a> <a href="http://www.bullypulpitgames.com/games/fiasco/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fiasco</a> Our theme music was composed by <a href="http://2mello.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2Mello</a>, and our logo was created by <a href="https://lilynishita.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lily Nishita</a>.

Cara Ellison & Jack de Quidt