While the lessons will be published later, it’s safe to say that they will range from writing and narrative design basics, like plotting out a game story in tandem with game design, to more advanced game writing concepts, like three-dimensional brainstorming and achieving effective emotional immersion through game dialogue.

As a game writer, narrative designer, and narrative director, Adam has a decade and a half of experience creating game narratives, designing mechanics at the nexus of design and narrative, creating emotionally resonant and relatable characters through looking both inward to the self and our personal struggles and successes to outward at the world and its current social and political themes, to writing successful, engaging, and nuanced scripts for all aspects of games.

This lab aims to transfer Adam’s knowledge, understanding, and practices to those who seek to absorb that experience and use it to create something of their own, something new for them to own and utilize towards their future success.

Each day will start with a bonding exercise related to an aspect of narrative design and game writing. The primary purpose is to build relationships among participants so that they can quickly become comfortable with one another and shed their social anxieties.

Next, we’ll host an hour—to two-hour lesson each day focusing on a different aspect of narrative design and game writing. That lesson will be relevant to each participant’s work later that day, and they will be given an assignment immediately following the lecture.

Afterward, the participants will form a writer’s room. The first half will see them discuss the assignment parameters and begin brainstorming, supporting each other in developing their own individual ideas through pitching and discussion. The second half will see them working individually on their assignments while supporting each other when needed.

The following day after an assignment is granted will generally be a working day. Students will have a chance to pitch their assignments, peer review, gain feedback, rewrite, and revise in real time. The cycle will start again the next day.

At the end of the lab, participants should have a robust and solid video game pitch with a narrative focus that they can utilize to build their portfolio and as sample work as they look for narrative jobs within the games industry.

• A. Learn from an experienced veteran game developer,
• B. Build out their skillsets as writers,
• C. Create game content for their portfolio,
• D. Build relationships/friendships/network, and E. Build their skills as a video game collaborator.

Fees

Czech artists: 300€
All other artists: 1 677€

The fee covers participation in the course. It doesn’t cover accommodation, meals, and travel.

Funding for Czech employees and freelancers

Czech Labour Office (Úřad práce) offers to cover up to 82% of the course fee. See the details and conditions here.

Cancellation Policy

• In the case of cancellation 6 weeks or more before the course starting date, the whole fee (course fee, or course fee + accommodation) will be refunded minus 150€ admin fee.
• With less than 6 weeks‘ notice, 50% of the total course fee will be refunded.
• If cancellation occurs in the final 30days before the starting date, no refund will be given.
• However, we will consider transferring the fees to another course (conditional upon vacancies) but a 20% cancellation fee will be charged if this change will be made in less than 4 weeks before the course starting date.
• We reserve the right to cancel a course if fewer than 4 people are enrolled. In this case we can transfer your fees to any future course or refund the fees you have paid in full.
• Refunds will be paid within 2 weeks after receiving your full bank details.

Kutná Hora   

Apartments U Vlašského Dvora (600m from the GASK training centre)  – Accommodation in spacious multi-bed apartments in the city centre.  

• 3 separate bedrooms: 500 CZK / person. / night  
• Breakfast: 220 CZK / person / day (optional) 

Libušina Villa (750m from the GASK training centre)  – Accommodation in double, single rooms of hotel type: 

• Price of double room: 650 CZK / person / night  
• Price of single room: 1000 CZK / person / night  
• Breakfast: 150 CZK / person / day (optional)  

 How does it work?  

• After mutual confirmation, we will book the accommodation of your choice.  
• Payment for the accommodation is made before the start of your stay to our organization.