Will Berly

Hi friends and foes! You can call me Will (he/she/they).

I am a self taught Game Writer and Narrative Designer with world-building skills. I have been one of the founders of the Belgian indie video game studio Maratus from 2020 to 2022. The opportunity to make video games in an universe I created, Var’Nagal, showed up in 2018. After 2 years, we founded Maratus, and after 3 years, we released our first project: ARISEN. 

Like players, I have lived many lives: manager assistant, pastry chef, worker in a factory, laboratory assistant, chocolate maker, recruiter… Everytime I found a new job, I learnt a lot. It allows me to continuously improve myself. At the moment, for example, I work part-time as a nurse assistant.

I dreamt for years of finding a job where my creative skills would be useful, and beyond that, truly appreciated. That is why I enjoyed so much working on ARISEN. Since our bankruptcy in 2022, I had to find a day job to pay the bills, but I am still looking for opportunities to come back to the video game industry. I usually work with sensitivity readers to improve my way of telling stories. My main focuses are emotions, relationships, self-growth.  

My latest project is a monthly Vampire the Masquerade actual play on Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/bulledepalaven) with 4 players. Every episode can be found on my Youtube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@TheWerestoryteller). I would like to begin a Werewolf one in the same time next year.