Storytelling in social games

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Wooga Head of Studio, Sebastian Nussbaum, talks storytelling in social games. Talk delivered at the Rewrite the Web conference in Berlin, 4th October 2013.

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Sebastian Nußbaum
Head of Studio at Wooga
Storytelling in social games

 Pay to get special content
 Free to play
 Play with friends

 Have the right writer
 Let the team own the story

 Have the right writer
 Let the team own the story
 Don’t be afraid of drastic changes

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