r/GameWritingLab
5k members
r/GameWritingLab is a subreddit with 5k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and self-promotion, and the community frequently discusses narrative, storytelling, game design, writing, and feedback, and they frequently recommend/review writing software.
Everything about storytelling in games, narrative design, interactive fiction, text-based games
Popular Themes in r/GameWritingLab
#1
Advice Requests
: "Twitter thread by Liam Esler on how much game writers should be paid"
21 posts
#2
Self-Promotion
: "[HIRING] a Narrative Designer for a point and click puzzle game set in an alternate, dystopian, futuristic reality"
10 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "Searching for creative fiction / game writers. For our adult adventure point & click game."
4 posts
#4
Ideas
: "Tired of "dialogue spaghetti"? Help us build a better dialogue authoring tool!"
3 posts
#5
Opportunities
: "Giveaway opportunity for narrative design consulting"
2 posts
#6
Pain & Anger
: "The Troubles of a Game Story Designer"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/GameWritingLab
#1
Narrative
: "The long decline of the "Narrative paramedic" in games writing"
35 posts
#2
Storytelling
: "How the Storytelling of Celeste Mirrors Its Gameplay"
27 posts
#3
Game Design
: "Human values in Game Design - an approach for designing emergent storytelling"
24 posts
#4
Writing
: "I'm not a narrative designer, Do you guys have some suggestion on Narrative Writing ??"
24 posts
#5
Feedback
: "Looking for Feedback on my Kinetic Visual Novel's Second draft. check the blog post for the link."
17 posts
#6
Video Game
: "Loving to write and wanting to write Video Game, narratives and dialogue"
14 posts
#7
Game Development
: "Where can I find a game writer or concept artists for a RPG /Rogue-like game?"
12 posts
#8
Game Writing
: "questions about how to get into indie Game Writing"
11 posts
#9
Dialogue
: "I always have the itch to merge narrative into all mechanics in my game. My current game is trying out a Dialogue 'combat' system:"
8 posts
#10
Concept
: "Where can I find a game writer or Concept artists for a RPG /Rogue-like game?"
8 posts
Products Discussed in r/GameWritingLab
Writing Software
2 reviews
#1
Quest
5.0★ from 2 reviews
Member Growth in r/GameWritingLab
Yearly
+521 members(11.6%)
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Last updated: August 1, 2026