Cressup chats to Steve Ince, a writer and artist involved in many adventure games especially at Revolution Software (Broken Sword, Beneath A Steel Sky, In Cold Blood), who recently announced his retirement from the video games industry. They talk about his concerns over AI and whether it could take jobs from writers and artists, why he’s quitting working with video games and memories of working at Revolution Software.
Steve’s website: https://www.steve-ince.co.uk/
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Chapters
00:00:00 Start
00:01:00 Why leaving video games?
00:05:06 AI in the games industry
00:16:30 Return to Monkey Island critics & the partnership of devs & fans
00:19:02 3D Art in Broken Sword Sleeping Dragon
00:22:42 Starting at Revolution Software
00:26:02 Scaling Broken Sword
00:27:35 Producing Broken Sword
00:32:48 Working at Revolution Software
00:37:10 Writing Broken Sword Sleeping Dragon
00:40:00 Common Problems in Game Writing & Design
00:45:00 Dialogue in Adventure Games
00:46:26 Examples of Great Writing in Games
00:50:57 What’s Next?
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