Even the director of the game Avowed, Carrie Patel—a successful author and narrative developer with over a decade of experience at the game studio Obsidian Entertainment —feels lucky she was able to start her career years ago. She cant imagine trying to break into the industry under todays conditions. “It just seems to be harder and harder to find a path in,” Patel says. “I've heard colleagues hired within the last three or five years say essentially the same thing.” Patel has been with
