VIDEO GAMES CATEGORY
In association with International Hobo.
The Challenge: to design a fully developed, original game concept, suitable for players of all ages.
Brief set by Richard Boon, Story Guy, International Hobo.
Full Brief and a Learning Guide 'Opening Minds to Videogames Design' are available to download inPDF format in 'Resources' to the right of this page.
About Richard Boon:
Richard Boon has been working in video game storytelling and design for a decade. Through outsource company International Hobo, he has written dialogue scripts for more than fifteen games, including MotorStorm Apocalypse (Sony / Evolution), Battalion Wars (Nintendo / Kuju), Mashed (Empire / Supersonic), Pac Man World (Namco / Blitz) and Fairly Odd Parents 1 & 2 (THQ / Blitz). Richard has supplied design support on games such as Ghost Master (Empire / Sick Puppies) and Kult (Mastiff / 3D People).
“Players love stories in their games, but the story is never more important than the player’s freedom of action. The form is very young, and it’s a blast being involved with making this stuff, and seeing how it develops.”
