Writing Stories for Video Games

Here is a simple set of guidelines by ezinearticles to make a video game script. It offers a helpful structure to crystallize ideas into a storyboard.

The process comprises of the following steps:

1. Write an executive story of the game

2. Create the history and background of the game

3. Create a flowchart for the game

4. Create the sub-quests and prose review of the sub-quests.

5. Create character descriptions and bios

6. Write interactions with Non Playing Characters

7. Write Cut Scenes

8. Write the actual storyboard script.

For details on the steps, please click the link provided above.

I also read a bit about some of the most loved video game plots/stories, and found this interesting link which proposes its version of the 15 greatest video game stories of all time. It included the likes of Metal Gear Solid and Grim Fandango - a noir-comic game from Lucas Arts where the lead character is a salesman for death. Both the games have extensive character bios and long cutscenes and stories. Grim Fandango's dialogues are very sharp and a sample of what is possible. Here is the opening act.