Writer and Narrative Designer

I worked as a contractor for Rogueside from November 2023 until Mid July 2024 where I led the world building, story, and branching narrative scenes for their upcoming game Best Served Cold.

During my tenure there, I was the sole writer on the project, so I oversaw the writing of story, characters, and plots. The project is a narrative heavy game and has branching dialogue as one of its main tenets, so I worked closely with many members of the team to ensure quality and cohesion.

• A long, episodic plot.

• A significant worldbuilding document.

• Character dialogue with branches. 

• Dialogue for cutscenes & trailer. 

• Play the demo here.

Throughout the month of October in 2025, I worked with a collaborator on a month-long project. Idolatry,  an orthodox horror game set in mid-nineties rural Romania.

I was responsible for story, writing, design, and programming (JavaScript). The full game has 2D lighting, cutscenes, cinematics, and complex routes the player can take. 

Some of the things I was responsible for:

• Story -- I worked with my collaborator to create a story set in Romania (where I spent my childhood). 

• Programming -- I put the majority of the game together in engine, utilising Javascript & working with various plugins to achieve the look and feel we wanted from the game. 

• Design -- A dozen puzzles, boss fights, etc. 

• Writing -- Most objects are clickable, dialogue and story beats were written by me. 

• QA & Bugfixes -- We were a small team so I had to do QA throughout the final week of the project, finding and fixing many bugs. 

Unity Game - 2022 - Ongoing

Most recently I have been working on a survival horror game  with a small team. This project began as a horror gamejam during Halloween, but quickly expanded in scope and design. I am the sole writer on the project. This project has a significant amount of worldbuilding attached. It is fully voice acted, and has multiple layers of narrative to it, including notes, diary entries, character monologue, branching dialogue, and story.

For this project I've completed: 

• The full story and all ending permutations.

• Dialogue -- fully voice acted.

• 20,000 word Lore Primer to assist artists and designers in understanding the worldbuilding.

• Directed multiple voice actors.

• Multiple diary entries and notes for players to read.

• World setting and background. 

• Implemented dialogue and voice audio into Unity.

Here's the current playthrough, which is fully voice acted. I was charged with writing and implementing all the dialogue, as well as directing both voice actors and pulling their audio files into Unity. 

The dialogue system we worked with was the Pixel Crushers Dialogue System, and had quite a learning curve. The project currently has a working Level 1 but is on haitus as it began as a Gamejam Project.

During late 2022 I worked as a freelance writer on Tractor, Set, Go!'s upcoming game. I am under NDA so I cannot showcase much work, but I was responsible for world building, dialogue, and some story elements. 

For this game, I worked in Twine as well as the Unity Pixel Crusher Dialogue System. 

SYLA (Vertical Slice)

I began working with PiratCo in 2017 where I was contracted to create the world and characters for their older project, Druids, a MOBA set in a Celtic universe.

In 2019, I was brought back to began lead the writing on a narrative game set in that same universe. 

The game tells the story of Syla, the Goddess of Chaos. Syla journeys through the ancient Celtic cycles of creation and destruction on a quest for vengeance. The studio completed a vertical slice for this project that featured the game’s main systems in development (including combat, climbing, and enemy AI), as well as environmental art and narrative. Unfortunately, we were unable to secure funding for full production, so I moved on from the project in 2021 to pursue my Masters' degree. 

Narrative Design Examples from a Presentation Script for Tales - 2021

Presentation script I created while interviewing for Tales, a choose-your-own-adventure style mobile game creator. 

I was asked to answer a few questions after going through their games.

World Building Excerpt - 2020

SYLA - PiratCo

Prose completed for PiratCo while I worked there on their game SYLA. I was responsible for most of the world-building. This piece was used by the artists and designers to set the mood for the level, as well as an exploration of the protagonist and her motivations.

Game Design Analysis - 2017

Work done for After Utopia

This document was created by me to explore the factions of the world. I was brought on as a writer and narrative designer after their last writer had built the basics of the world but was unable to continue.

After Utopia was cancelled and didn't get out of the development stage. 

Writing Sample - 2019

Lorn 

A short story written to demonstrate character relationships and the style of prose I find natural.

Writing Sample - 2017

TEST

Science fiction story written to demonstrate setting and plot. 

Script Sample 2019

Blossom

Game Design Document - 2018

King's Vessel - Natoken Entertainment 

Game Design Document written during my time of being a writer and designer at Natoken Entertainment. I collaborated with other designers to write this entire document.