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Your recent reblog about game writing made me curious: how much would the skills of game TRANSLATION transfer to game WRITING. Because I’m already a translator in the games industry, and I feel like I already have to do a lot of that stuff? Dialog with multiple character voices, tutorials and tooltips with UI restrictions, working within other people’s settings obviously, etc etc. All while trying to keep things both snappy and entertaining for the players. Honestly you are making it sound like these sorts of nuts and bolts writing skills that a translator needs are more useful than coming up with ideas, which a translator does not generally do

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Localization devs do a great deal of the same kind of work that narrative designers do. If you so desire, you can absolutely use your localization work as examples of past narrative design experience. If you want to be a narrative designer, you should go for it. Yes, absolutely.

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The EU has just banned virtual premium currencies in video games that represent, requiring the games use the actual currency amounts. Thoughts on this new law?

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For those who do not understand this change, in the EU any in-game purchase that can be made for paid/premium currency must display the actual cost in local currency to players. I think that the in-game stores will use this to direct players toward better value bundles and packs to buy.

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6 Ways to Find Play-Testers for Your New Board Game

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Play-testing is the most important part of board game design. It’s how you turn rough, raw ideas into polished, ready-to-play games. Two groups that come to mind are the Tabletop Game Playtesters Guild and Card & Board Game Designers Guild. Visit your local game store. Final Thoughts.

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Summer 2025 Game Development Student Internship Roundup, Part 2

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Associate Development Manager Co-op/Internship - Summer 2025 (Sports FC QV) Game Product Manager Intern (Summer 2025) Music Intern EA Sports FC Franchise Activation Intern Associate Character Artist Intern Client Engineer Intern Visual Effects Co-Op Associate Environment Artist Co-Op (Summer 2025) Game Design Intern (Summer 2025) Game Design Co-Op (..)

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Kazakhstan-based Goodwin Games takes us on an emotional adventure in Selfloss

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“The indie game development community here in Almaty is almost non-existent,” he says. However, the lack of a local community hasn’t been a significant obstacle. “I I used to attend a lot of game development events and conferences, but now I’m more interested in just focusing on making games.”

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5 Alternatives to Kickstarter for Your Board Game

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Many of you who read this blog know that I am self-publishing board game designer who uses Kickstarter as my platform of choice for funding the bulk of my projects. Certainly no surprise if you’ve read some of my articles like A Crash Course on Kickstarter for Board Games. Alternative 3: Focus on Local Distribution.

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Strategies for Optimizing Multiplayer Games in Unity

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What Worked for Popular Multiplayer Games Built with Unity Many successful multiplayer games have been developed using Unity, demonstrating its potential: Among Us The game involves 4 to 15 players working together to execute tasks, while they uncover impostors hidden within their ranks. What worked?

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