Freelance Game Writing & Accessibility in the Games Industry - #274 - Game Dev Local Podcast

About this episode

Carina interviews Conway Sutton about his journey as a freelance game writer and discusses accessibility in the gaming industry.

Carina sits down to talk to Conway Sutton about his Freelance Game Writer journey. They also talk about his passion for modding, as he began modding the game Monster Prom quite obsessively and ended up freelance writing form Monster Con, which is their 4th installment in the series. Conway also talks about accessibility in the gaming industry, not only as representation in games but also how one can adapt to make games playable and interactable by people with disabilities; as well as making events more accessible by considering neurodiversity and how to make them LGBTQ+ family friendly.

People in this episode

Host: Carina

Guest: Conway Sutton

Topics covered

• Freelance Game Writing
• Accessibility in Gaming
• Modding
• Representation in Games
• Neurodiversity
• LGBTQ+ Friendly Events

Keywords

• Freelance Game Writing
• Accessibility
• Modding
• Monster Prom
• Neurodiversity
• LGBTQ+ Events

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Monster Prom, Monster Con

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