(Almost) Everything You Need to Know About Hiring A Game Writer
So you’re considering hiring a (freelance) writer for your project. But where do you start? This talk is a practical guide to hiring a narrative professional at any stage of your development. What writers can do for your team, what a narrative professional needs from you, and how to keep your writer happy and productive. It’s never too late to get a writer onboard, so let’s start now.
Speaker Bio
Bertine van Hövell began making games in 2006 and never stopped. Nowadays she works as a freelance game designer and writer for very large companies as well as tiny one-person indies. She represents indies at the Dutch Game Association and a member of the jury for the Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF). She’s currently working on a small title for her own studio.
Games worked on:
Old Skies, Stellaris, Hauma, At Eve’s Wake, Tom Clancy’s Elite Squad
