Charlene Putney

Writer & Co-founder of writewithlaika.com
 https://alphachar.com

Charlene Putney is an award-winning writer and teacher from Ireland. After working at Google and Facebook in management positions for almost a decade, she turned to the more creative side of tech and began writing for videogames in 2013.

Before moving to Denmark, she worked on Divinity: Original Sin 2 and story for the upcoming Baldur’s Gate 3. She’s currently creating LAIKA with her partner Martin Pichlmair to make machine learning more accessible to writers – sign up for our beta at www.writewithlaika.com. She also teaches interactive fiction at university level and yoga on Tuesday evenings.

As a practicing games writer, she has written for Larian Studios’ Divinity series and Baldur’s Gate 3, wrote the award-winning NUTS, and was Story Lead at Die Gute Fabrik.

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All Sessions by Charlene Putney

  • 5. Fr

    Game Development

  • 12:15  - 12:45
    AI is becoming more mainstream - meaning there’s a whole new world of easy-to-use tools that writers can experiment with. In this talk, I'll introduce you to experimentation with AI and showcase different explorations you can try to enhance your writing for games. If you want to take things further, you are welcome to attend my 1.5 hour workshop after the talk where we'll get hands-on with several different tools and techniques.
    Where
    Open Space

  • 14:00  - 15:30
    In this workshop we'll explore what the use of artificial intelligence and procedural generation can bring to creative writing for games. We'll begin with idea generation and then move on to using various interesting exercises and techniques for crafting stories, beautifying phrases, and figuring out just what the hell happens next.

    Please note that this workshop is aimed at curious souls who are willing to dive into the depths and explore together - it's not a lecture. We’ll work hands-on: with your own human subconscious, with artificial intelligence, and with procedural generation. Our aim? To find something transformational and bring it out into the light.

    The Workshop will be held in a "breakout room" parallel to Joelle Renstrom's talk.
    Where
    Room 225 (Computer Lab)

  • 15:30  - 16:15
    Panel Discussion with all summit speakers.
    Where
    Open Space




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