A recent report from UKIE (The Association for UK Interactive Entertainment) has found that the UK video games market continues to grow reaching a value of £7.82bn in 2023. But what does the video games industry look like for writers? What skills are needed and what creative opportunities are on offer? How are writers contracted and how are they paid? What of the importance of collective voice in this sector, of inclusivity and diversity concerns and what of the need for cross-industry participation and collaboration? And what of the tech and what of the future? Join SoA Advisory Clinic hosts Johanna Clarke and Theo Jones for this end-of-series bonus-double-episode-special as they speak to a number of leading writers and UKIE itself, for an illuminating exploration of the issues at play. Featuring writers Stark Holborn, Brian Baglow, Prof Mata Haggis-Burridge and Dom Shaw from UKIE.
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Mata Haggis-Burridge — BUas Research Portal
Mata Haggis-Burridge Profile / X
Brian Baglow – Edinburgh, United Kingdom, DIGIT.FYI, Napier University | about.me
Stark Holborn Profile / X
Ukie Homepage
Dom Shaw https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominicshaw94/ dom@ukie.org.uk
2023 Video Game Industry Valuation Ukie
Shadows of Doubt on Steam (steampowered.com)
The Scottish Games Network – Scotland’s Games Ecosystem Cluster
Scottish Games Week | Save The Date
Writers’ Guild of Great Britain | WGGB (writersguild.org.uk)
Videogames guidelines – Writers’ Guild of Great Britain (writersguild.org.uk)
The Other Side – Twisted animations by Mata – Suggested for mature viewers (matazone.co.uk)
Buy Burnout™ Paradise Remastered – Electronic Arts (ea.com)
Rebellion | Official Rebellion website
Aliens vs. Predator 3 (Video Game 2010) – IMDb
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GoldenEye 007: the beloved classic that reshaped video games | Games | The Guardian
The Last of Us™ Part I (playstation.com)
The Witcher Universe | Action-Adventure RPGs
Assassin’s Creed Franchise | Ubisoft (EU / UK)
NDA Blogs | The Society of Authors
Outer Wilds – Mobius Digital (mobiusdigitalgames.com)
ink – inkle’s narrative scripting language (inklestudios.com)
Twine / An open-source tool for telling interactive, nonlinear stories (twinery.org)
The Ren’Py Visual Novel Engine (renpy.org)
Save 20% on The Baby In Yellow on Steam (steampowered.com)
Resident Evil Resistance | CAPCOM
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Chapter One UK | It all starts with literacy
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