February 20th, 2019 - Hannah Talk: How I became a writer at Coffee Stain

February 20th, 2019

Hannah Talk: How I became a writer at Coffee Stain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CB9bSigNYH8&t=3876

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  1. Hannah

    I already told the story of how I became a level designer here at Coffee Stain Studios.

    Actually, what's interesting is how I became a writer at Coffee Stain Studios, because I was not hired as a writer at all.

    Essentially, we were doing a bunch of internal testing.

    And there was a lot of feedback of that context was missing.

    Like, why are we building a factory?

    What is happening?

    How do we communicate to the players what to do and when to do it, et cetera, in a nice way that doesn't interrupt gameplay, et cetera, et cetera?

    And I have been writing most of my life, pretty much all my life.

    Ever since I could write, I would write.

    But it's something that I hadn't really pursued as a career in game dev, because it's a notoriously difficult job to get into, and it's an overly saturated market.

    So I just essentially kept it as a hobby on the side.

    And then this problem came up here, and I was like, you know what?

    I think I know what could fix this.

    Story.

    So I made a pitch and presented it in front of the company.

    And they were like, yeah, cool, let's do it.

    And that's how I became a writer.

    So that.