Narrative Design and Writing
Narrative Design and Writing
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Second Star to the Right
Second Star to the Right
Novel || Fantasy || Planning and Iteration || Self-published
Novel written in 2022, and self-published in 2023.
Role: Planning, Writing, Plotting, Editing, Commissioning, Publishing, Marketing
SecondStartotheRight_Excerpt.pdfBook Excerpt
Book Excerpt
Example of dialogue and storytelling in a published medium that has had positive feedback from readers. In comparison to Drowning in the Shadows, this shows how much my writing has grown and developed since this was written in 2022 and published in 2023.
Organisation
Organisation
Book publication, especially self-publishing, relies a lot on organisation and timelines. Through this project, I have had to organise beta readers, feedback, iterative editing, hiring an editor, cover and map commissions, and copyright contracts when applicable.
Marketing
Marketing
I have done marketing on Tiktok and have experience in connecting with my target audience, which will translate over to building up a following and connecting with a playerbase in the game industry.
The Starlight Circus
The Starlight Circus
Branching Narrative|| Choice-based text game|| Twine
Story created for a university course, and built in Twine.
Role: Planning, Writing, Twine Coding, Solo Project.
A short, eerie, choice-based text game created in Twine. My first foray into a purely text-based game. The Starlight Circus has 20,000 words of content spread across 16 different endings, and the story follows two friends who visit a magical circus, where not all is as it seems.
Have fun and enjoy the circus, or look deeper and find out what secrets lie beneath what the Ringmaster wants you to believe.
The circus is what you make it.
Strong understanding of player choice and how to lay out a gripping story. Skill at writing vivid environments and characters. Focus on character choice, and figuring out where to invite players to break away from the 'expected' story outcome.
Runaway
Runaway
Narrative Game || Explorative || Game Writer || Level Designer
Completed third-year university Major Project.
Role: Narrative Lead, Game Writer, Co-Tech Lead, Level Design Lead
Script
Script
Dialogue and cutscenes in a game setting. Skill with implementing separate character arcs, the way they feed into the overall narrative and player backstory, and understanding of the way story and mechanics feed into each other in the player experience.
Miro Planning
Miro Planning
A section of a larger board where the team have worked together on Runaway. This board is designed so that we all have separate sections for our roles, and is structured in a way that other team members can easily access information.
Dialogue System
Dialogue System
Knowledge of and familiarity with Unreal Engine dialogue systems. I coded the dialogue system for Runaway, and as this is a narrative game, this feature is constantly being improved upon and altered to suit the experience we want players to have with our game. A huge part of this is constructing and implementing data tables in-engine.
Drowning in the Shadows
Drowning in the Shadows
Novel Trilogy || Medieval Fantasy || Planning || Dedicatation to Long-term Project
Ongoing novel project (2023-Present), a complex medieval fantasy trilogy.
Role: Planning, Writing, Plotting, Editing, Marketing
This novel project employs the use of script as well as book, as the first draft I write is always a script. This helps nail story beats, lock down everything that needs to happen to create a satisfying experience, and allows me freedom to explore the project as I go instead of being trapped by the initial concept, which translates well into the shifting and interactive nature of game writing.
Dialogue_Cutscene_Larian.pdfScript Excerpt
Script Excerpt
Excerpt example of Dialogue and Cutscene. Familiarity with D&D, medieval fantasy, and character relationships.
This is an excerpt of a longer narrative piece, the scrtipt draft of a chapter from the third book in a medieval fantasy trilogy. The program used is Celtx.
Drowning_BookExcerpt.pdfBook Excerpt
Book Excerpt
Example of the iterative process of translating script to book. This book segment is a reflection of the prior script example.
Miro Planning
Miro Planning
A section of a larger board where I have been planning this trilogy in depth, communicating between different areas and ensuring my pacing is maintained both in maintaned individual arcs and books, plus the overall experience.
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