Hi there! So, sadly I don't think we're currently hiring for writers, but there's currently a lot of opportunity in the games industry for writers — especially experienced writers. If you've already built up a portfolio of work, I'd say the best thing to do is get on Twitter (it worked for me — see above!) and start looking out for opportunities.
Another thing to do is to use the writing skills you already have to make something interactive, so prospective employers can see you already have the ability to craft meaningful choices. I have a few pointers and links in this piece I wrote for answering the question above — I hope this helps, and do let me know if you have any other questions!
Hello back! So, I can tell you how I got to be on the team, for sure. I had been writing for smaller games and also writing a fantasy novel for about 18 months, when one day I saw a tweet from our studio head, Swen Vincke:
I plucked up all of my courage to reply to that tweet, and from there I got a freelance contract with Larian to write item descriptions, tooltips and combat barks for Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition. After that, I was hired as a regular employee to write for Divinity: Original Sin 2.
The most important thing to have for getting into games writing (in my opinion) is a solid writing portfolio. From your question, I wrote a little piece here on how to build up a good portfolio. I hope it helps you & good luck!
Привет! Forgive me, I must reply in English as my Russian is not good enough. We use an internal tool for writing our dialogue — a dialogue editor crafted by our programmers specifically for this purpose. In terms of how it looks, it uses a branching style that looks similar to (but is a hell of a lot more complicated than) Twine. The writing of the lines of dialogue is one thing… but it gets complicated for us when we need to account for every eventuality: have I met this person before? Did I do the thing they wanted me to do? Did I kill someone they care about? Am I wearing some armour they will recognise? Have they heard about me from someone else? Etc, etc. It can be quite mind-melting :-)
Another thing to do is to use the writing skills you already have to make something interactive, so prospective employers can see you already have the ability to craft meaningful choices. I have a few pointers and links in this piece I wrote for answering the question above — I hope this helps, and do let me know if you have any other questions!
I plucked up all of my courage to reply to that tweet, and from there I got a freelance contract with Larian to write item descriptions, tooltips and combat barks for Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition. After that, I was hired as a regular employee to write for Divinity: Original Sin 2.
The most important thing to have for getting into games writing (in my opinion) is a solid writing portfolio. From your question, I wrote a little piece here on how to build up a good portfolio. I hope it helps you & good luck!