Join The Business of Creating Institute in partnership with the WGF for a dynamic, interactive panel and Q & A with seasoned Entertainment professionals to discuss designing and writing video games and building a career in the interactive entertainment industry.
Topics will include:
Overview of Positions on a Video Game Project
Narrative Design
Writing Your Own Material
Writing for an Established Franchise
Getting Hired
Cross-Platforming Your IP into a Video Game
…and more!
Panelists include:
Andrew McClain - Senior Games Writer/Narrative Designer, Neo Cab, Goodbye Volcano High
Ashley Poprik - Senior Narrative Designer, Destiny 2; Writer, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III
Justin Sloan - Senior Games Writer, Battlefield, Tales From The Borderlands, Game of Thrones
…and more to be announced!
Moderated by Jennifer Mangan, Writer/Producer, Beautiful Day Productions and Co-Founder of The Business of Creating Institute.
This event will be held in-person at the WGAW headquarters in Los Angeles and livestreamed via Zoom. Space is limited, so RSVP today.
Doors open at 6:30pm. Event starts at 7:00pm.
Get your early bird ticket for $20 through Tue, March 25. Tickets will be $25 starting on March 26. A ticket purchase is required to receive arrival or login instructions.
If you have any questions about this event, please email us at events@wgfoundation.org.
About the Panelists
Andrew McClain is a Los Angeles-based games writer and narrative designer. His contributions to critically-acclaimed independent games Goodbye Volcano High and Neo Cab have earned multiple BAFTA nominations and the Tribeca Games Award. His other credits include AAA studio projects Bioshock 4 and Project ETHOS.
Justin Sloan is a writer of games, screenplays, and novels. Most recently, he wrote on the next Battlefield game at Electronic Arts and authored tie-in novels for Galactic Entertainment's PlanetQuest. He has written on such narrative-driven games as Game of Thrones, Tales from the Borderlands, The Walking Dead, and Minecraft: Story Mode. He also worked on DJ2 Entertainment's Emmy-winning Silent Hill: Ascension and various mobile, hybrid, and new media games. Justin has sold over one-million books and is proud to have participated in the Writers Guild Foundation's Veterans Writing Project.