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24 alternatives to The Beginner's Guide

Narrative video game from Davey Wreden.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Beginner's Guide launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Game Writing▲73

   Narrative Skills for Videogames

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Tom Clancy's The Division: New York Collapse▲58

   An interactive field guide to expand the popular video game

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   The Journey Down▲70

   A classic point-and-click adventure

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Getting Gamers▲58

   The psychology of video games

   2015 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   MC Lars: The Video Game▲63

   A beat-driven platformer

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Gone Home▲83

   A first-person interactive story adventure game

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Play Well - 7: Creating Your Own Narrative with Nina Freeman▲58

   Discussions around Cibele, romance in games, and pricing

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Refunct▲70

   Vibrant first-person platformer

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   The Guides▲58

   Not your average puzzler

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Sndtst▲124

    8-bit video game music

    2014 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Wings.io▲73

    Another fast paced multiplayer game

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    The Quest▲56

    An old-school, hand-drawn RPG

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Anagram▲84

    A modern take on a classic game.

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Overland (First Access)▲89

    Make the most of a terrible situation

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Roguelands▲66

    A pixelated multiplayer RPG

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses▲72

    Ryan Hoover's fave book on The Twenty Minute VC

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Theory of Fun for Game Design▲67

    Thoughts on the most important element of any game's design

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Story!▲64

    Community Driven Story Writing

    2016 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Happy Mitten - 22: Board Games, Business, and West Michigan Tabletop Gamers▲65

    Tips for growing and nourishing a local game community

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Storium▲69

    Online Storytelling Game

    2014 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    At a Higher Level - Episode #1 - Flow▲60

    Exploring game design through a variety of perspectives

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Skyhill▲65

    A turn-based survival crafting point-and-click game

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Corpse of Discovery▲64

    A first-person surreal exploration game

    2015 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Dungeon League▲60

    Everything awesome about RPG's without the boring bits

    2015 · its alternatives →

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