COMP 470: Writing for Games

Course Description

This course engages aspiring and hobbyist writers and designers in the collaborative work of writing for games. “Games” in this course can include board game design, table-top world-building and story-writing, video game writing, as well as writing for the industry in the form of reviews, promotional copy, and other forms of content creation. The course draws from measures and values from the fields of technical communication, creative writing, and rhetorical analysis. This course is project- and practice-based. Students will start the term completing shared, required assignments that deal with planning, organization, and rhetorical awareness. (F, W, S, OC).