Game Writers SIG/Initiatives/Surveys/Employers
International Game Developers Association
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[edit] About Your Company
Please check all appropriate boxes
• Would you class the company as -
[] Developer [] Publisher [] Consultancy
Other ___________________________________
• How many computer games has the company worked on in the last 2 years?
[] 1 [] 2 [] 3 [] 4 [] 5+
• How many of these games contained a written element?
[] 1 [] 2 [] 3 [] 4 [] 5+
• What sort of games does the company work on? (Mark all that apply.)
[] Role Playing Game [] Action Adventure [] Lifestyle Sim
[] First Person Shooter [] Racing [] Sports [] Flight Sim
[] Children’s [] Educational [] Platform
[] Strategy [] Puzzle
Other _______________________________________________________________________
• What platforms were the games for? (Mark all that apply.)
[] PC [] Games Console (Playstation etc) [] Mobile
[] Online [] Handheld (Gameboy etc) [] Arcade
[] Interactive DVD [] Digital Television
Other _______________________________________________________________________
[edit] About the Scripts for Your Games
• Who currently writes the Stories for your games? (Mark all that apply.)
[] Games Designer [] Freelance Writer [] In-house Writer
[] Producer [] Freelance Level Designer
Other _______________________________________________________________________
• Who currently writes the Narrative content for your games? (Mark all that apply.)
[] Games Designer [] Freelance Writer [] In-house Writer
[] Producer [] Freelance Level Designer
Other _______________________________________________________________________
• Who currently writes your Manuals?
[] Games Designer [] Freelance Writer [] In-house Writer
[] Producer [] Freelance Level Designer
Other _______________________________________________________________________
• If you do employ writers, do you require each of them to work in more than one of these areas?
[] Yes [] No
If Yes what sort of roles is each required to cover?
_______________________________________________________________________
• Do you expect your writers to be involved in the design of levels or missions?
[] Yes [] No [] Sometimes
• If you do not currently employ writers in all the areas above, which additional areas are you considering employing a writer to work on?
[] Games Design Document [] Games Design [] Level/Mission Design
[] Story Development [] Dialogue [] Manuals
[] Advertising Copy [] Regionalisation
Other _______________________________________________________________________
[edit] For Companies Who Currently Employ Writers
• On what basis are the writers you employ contracted?
[] In-house staff [] External Freelance Writer [] In-house + External
Other _______________________________________________________________________
• How many writers are you currently employing?
[] 1 [] 2 [] 3 [] 4 [] 5 [] 6+
• How many writers in total have you employed in the past three years?
[] 1 [] 2 [] 3 [] 4 [] 5 [] 6-10 [] 10-20 [] 20+
• Has the number of writers you are employing gone up in the last two years?
[] Yes - significantly [] Yes - marginally [] Stayed the same
• Has the amount of time you employ writers for gone up in the last two years?
[] Yes - significantly [] Yes - marginally [] Stayed the same
• What do you see as the main benefits of employing a writer?
_______________________________________________________________________
• What type and level of experience do you require a writer to have?
_______________________________________________________________________
• How do you find the writers you employ?
[] Advert [] Word of Mouth [] Writers contact you [] Via an agent
[] Internet search [] Via an employment agency [] Through a Sound Production Facility
• At what stage in the Game Development process do you involve writers?
[] Initial Concept [] Games Design [] Character Design
[] To create the GDDocument [] To polish the GDD [] Character Design
[] Story before level design [] Level/Mission design [] Story after mission/level design
[] Dialogue [] Dialogue polish [] Localisation
• Many games companies are now employing Writers earlier in the development process than before. Do you consider that this is true of your company?
[] Yes [] Not at present [] This is under review
• What benefits do you offer your writers (e.g. a Pension)?
_________________________________________________________________
[edit] For Companies Who Currently Don't Employ Writers
• What reasons do you have for not currently employing writers?
______________________________________________________________________
• What might you need to see to change this position?
______________________________________________________________________
