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As the video<\/span> games industry continues to face massive layoffs, narrative jobs are taking the biggest hit<\/a>. The industry\u2019s job cuts over the past couple of years\u2014more than 30,000 roles were eliminated in 2023 and 2024\u2014disproportionately affected narrative designers, the creative professionals who craft the story elements of the game and give a title its emotional punch.<\/p>\n

Even the director of the game Avowed<\/a>,<\/em> Carrie Patel\u2014a successful author and narrative developer with over a decade of experience at the game studio Obsidian Entertainment<\/a>\u2014feels lucky she was able to start her career years ago. She can\u2019t imagine trying to break into the industry under today\u2019s conditions.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt just seems to be harder and harder to find a path in,\u201d Patel says. \u201cI’ve heard colleagues hired within the last three or five years say essentially the same thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Patel has been with Obsidian since 2013, when she started as a narrative designer on the first Pillars of Eternity<\/em>, a role-playing game released in 2015<\/a>. She was narrative colead on the 2018 sequel, Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire<\/em><\/a>, and went on to work on the narrative design for 2019\u2019s The Outer Worlds<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Avowed<\/em>, a first-person fantasy RPG set in the same universe as Obsidian\u2019s acclaimed Pillars of Eternity<\/em> series, is available today on Windows PC and Xbox Series X via early access. The game\u2019s official launch is Tuesday, February 18.<\/p>\n

Patel is excited to launch a title with a rich, immersive story\u2014especially as the talent required to make such a game becomes more scarce in the industry. \u201cI think RPGs, especially the kind we make, give players an opportunity to show that they’re excited about games that are deep, nuanced, and respect their time,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

Part of Obsidian\u2019s storytelling success has been its unwillingness to rely on artificial intelligence. \u201cGood game stories are going to be written by good narrative designers,\u201d Patel says. AI use at studios has grown over the past few years; a survey of industry workers published earlier this year<\/a> reported that 52 percent of respondents said they worked at companies using generative AI to develop games.<\/p>\n

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