Carrie Patel, Game Director & Narrative Co-lead for THE OUTER WORLDS | AW 39

Carrie wrote the narrative, dialogue, and content for the story-driven RPGs Pillars of Eternity, which was nominated by the Writer’s Guild of America, including Pillars of Eternity: The White March Part I DLC & The White March Part II DLC. She was also the Narrative Co-Lead for Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire, which was nominated again by the WGA.

Join us as Carrie and I leap into the rabbit hole and into the world of video games to talk about her story. In this episode, Carrie walks us through her journey as well as how she comes up with the stories, and her experience working on Pillars of Eternity and Outer World. She also shares some valuable advice for anyone looking to join the video game industry as a writer!

Timestamps:

[9:27] Carrie’s advice for young writers

[14:08] Carrie talks about Outer World: Perils of Gorgon

[19:33] How Carrie got through the challenges of being a woman in the video game industry

[26:51] How the pandemic has affected Carrie’s work 

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