Hi all! Say that you just finished a story which you think will be great for a computer game, is there anyway to get this story implemented in one? Can you sell the story to a game company or something like that? Is that a common way to do it? Regards Daniel

It depends what you mean by finished. Have you had it betaed (edited) yet? Have you estimated how long it should take to play the game, and how long any cinematic or voiceover sequences should be? If you need voice actors, you need to write a description of what each voice should sound like. When you''ve taken care of all that sort of thing then you might be ready to write a proposal.

You could also do a production breakdown with strict criteria for location, action and players, and have an idea of your levels, pace and challenge.

Whenever I have a story come up as a game possibility, I always break it down in production values from the design standpoint only, not production values from the production standpoint, so I have a rough framework from which to visualize the game levels and gameplay within it.

This allows you also to see the story from a different point of view, and maybe this will trigger improvements, changes, etc. Remember, writing is rewriting, and designing is redesigning.

Addy