“A lot of adventure games were at the cutting edge of video game art”
“With Beneath a Steel Sky there was a kind of an edge from people having fun”
"Beneath a Steel Sky was one of the first games to get voices”
0:00 Intro
0:38 Growing up in Yorkshire
9:32 University life
13:12 Jobs before joining the games industry
19:44 Joining Revolution Software
21:32 Working on Beneath a Steel Sky
35:42 Outro
36:33 BEST BITS from the game
In this video (Part 1), I chat to award nominated writer, artist & games designer Steve Ince ( ‪@Steve_Ince‬ ) who has worked on a wide range of highly successful videogames including Beneath a Steel Sky, Broken Sword series, In Cold Blood, The Witcher, So Blonde series and many others.
With over 30 years of development experience and a wide range of styles from casual to hardcore, from comedy to serious drama, from cute animals to heavy action, Steve is a man of many talents.
Additionally, he’s authored a book, Writing for Video Games, designed his own web comics and games, offers his services as a consultant and regularly speaks at gaming and writing events.
Ince continues working as a freelancer and was the Videogames Chair within the Writers' Guild of Great Britain up to July 2023.
In this interview (Part 1), we cover a multiple of topics including
•Growing up in Yorkshire in the 60s
•Studying Astronomy & Astrophysics in university
•Life before joining the games industry including working in a bingo hall & even a metal refinery!
•How he ended up joining the famous and well respected company ‪@RevolutionSoftwareOfficial‬
•Working on the classic point and click adventure game Beneath a Steel Sky
……AND MUCH MORE!
Make sure you stay until the end to revisit some of the most MEMORABLE MOMENTS/FUNNY MOMENTS from the game! (I bet you will laugh!).
Click here for PART 2 (of this 6-PART SERIES ) where we talk about Steve’s work on the legendary game Broken Sword 1: The Shadow of the Templars (also known as Circle of Blood in the United States) • ⭐️Broken Sword 1 STORY...
If you want to contact Steve, you can on the following:
Website- www.steve-ince.co.uk/blog/
Linkedin- / stince
Facebook- / steve.ince.01
Instagram- / steveincexl5
Twitter-Steve_Ince
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