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          Writing For Games I
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          GSAS-4240
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          This is the second course in the central track of the Writing concentration for GSAS students. In this project-intensive course, students will learn and practice basic, in-the-trenches writing and narrative development for games, including story outlines, cutscenes, scripted dialogue, systemic dialogue, and mission writing and design, across multiple game types and narrative genres.
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            4 credits
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            Communication Intensive
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                one of:
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                <a class="course-pill" href="GSAS-2520">GSAS-2520 Intro To Game Storytelling</a>
                <a class="course-pill" href="WRIT-2330">WRIT-2330 Creative Writing: The Short Story</a>
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              <th class="summer2 midsum-label">(Session 1)</th>
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              <th class="year">2024</th>
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                    <a href="https://sis.rpi.edu/rss/bwckctlg.p_disp_listcrse?term_in=202401&subj_in=GSAS&crse_in=4240&schd_in=">Writing For Games I (4c)</a> [CI]
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                  <ul class="prof-list">
                    <li>Gregory Orlando</li>
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                    Seats Taken: 12/19
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                    <a href="https://sis.rpi.edu/rss/bwckctlg.p_disp_listcrse?term_in=202409&subj_in=GSAS&crse_in=4240&schd_in=">Writing For Games I (4c)</a> [CI]
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                  <ul class="prof-list">
                    <li>Maurice W Suckling</li>
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                    Seats Taken: 0/19
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                    <a href="https://sis.rpi.edu/rss/bwckctlg.p_disp_listcrse?term_in=202201&subj_in=GSAS&crse_in=4240&schd_in=">Writing For Games I (4c)</a> [CI]
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                    <li>Ross M. Berger</li>
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                    Seats Taken: 13/19
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                    <a href="https://sis.rpi.edu/rss/bwckctlg.p_disp_listcrse?term_in=202209&subj_in=GSAS&crse_in=4240&schd_in=">Writing For Games I (4c)</a> [CI]
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                    <li>Maurice W Suckling</li>
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                    Seats Taken: 10/19
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