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Wizard's Tower Inn - Jade Dao Games
I just wrapped up work for indie studio Jade Dao Games on their fantasy visual novel prototype ” The Wizard’s Tower Inn”. I worked primarily as a game writer on the project. The developer had the core premise and characters, but they were struggling to get past a key moment in their story. I jumped in to help write new design documentation and a story outline. The game has a unique mechanic…
Steam store page copywriting
I’m happy to say I’ve now completed work with one of my indie clients. Nine Button Games asked me to write the Steam Store Page and text for their press release/kit for their game Mumbo Shuffle. This project was an ideal way for me to use my narrative skills to help convey the tone of the game to players. It’s also a great example of small, flexible projects that I can take on to support indie…
AdventureX 2025
A brief update this time, to say I will be attending AdventureX 2025 in London on the 22-23 November. I’m not organizing this year or giving any talks. Instead, I’ll be hanging around actually enjoying the event! I’ll be taking a stack of my new business cards and if I can get them done in time a small bonus gift item for folks. If you run into me at the event, be sure to ask about this and I’ll…
I'm at MCM / EGX London this week conducting narrative portfolio reviews
I’ll be at MCM/ EGX London this weekend ( 24th -26th October 2025). While there I’m conducting narrative design portfolio reviews and career chats for up-and-coming game writers and narrative designers. This is being organised by the fine folks at Game Anglia. About Game Anglia Game Anglia is a non profit organisation that helps young people and indies in the East of England get into the…
Yooka-Replaylee out now!
Yooka-Replaylee, is out today. I worked on this game as Senior Narrative Designer. I worked on content across the game. This included a new intro, cut-scenes, and tutorial. Supporting the team with new enemy designs and cosmetics. Working on an existing title and adding new content is a delicate task. There’s work in there that’s wholly new, and other places where dialogue has been altered to…
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Flabbergasted! One Shot out now
I’m excited to announce that my TTRPG One-shot for Flabbergasted! Is out now. I had a lot of fun running this, and wanted to share. This is my second TTRPG release after Break Time my Severance themed game. If you haven’t played Flabbergasted! It’s a fun game focused around improv and comedy, and uses a lot of British comedy series for inspiration. Want to introduce your friends to the game?…
Actions every narrative designer should take when they join a new team
Narrative Design is a team effort. As narrative designers, we’re often given responsibility for writing, but narrative is so much more. Games are made up of many parts: visuals, gameplay, mechanics, and audio. All of these elements come together to drive the game experience. Many people across the project are responsible for these areas, so it’s really important to work closely with them. When I…
Levelling up! Games Design and Narrative Books / videos
In the past I compiled a reading list of game development, narrative design and writing related books and videos. My intent was to update it annually. While I never got around to it, I have been making a better effort to track my viewing habits this year. I’d love to know what everyone else has been reading/watching. Now for the list! Books Writing for Games – Hannah Nicklin – One of the best…
Yooka-Replaylee Demo out now!
The Yooka-Replaylee demo is out on Steam! This means you can take a sneak peek at some of the work I did on the game. New Intro for Yooka-Replaylee – I worked on the narrative direction & flow for the new intro. Including the journal opening and the whole cave sequence. Explore the cave for some fun little environmental storytelling touches. – Wrote and implemented a whole bunch of in-game…
I'm looking for my next oppotunity!
Are you hiring for an experienced game writer or narrative designer? Sadly my role as Senior Narrative Designer at Playtonic has been made redundant. So I’m now on the hunt for my next opportunity. I’m open to Senior, Lead and Principal Writing and Narrative Design roles in games or adjacent industries. I’m looking for in-studio or hybrid roles in the UK, or I’m happy to work remotely for…
Events and Talks
A brief but exciting update. I’ll be at GDLX in Farnham on April 12. I’m on a panel covering audio in storytelling. Then on June 12th I am presenting my talk at Narrascope. “Walking with Death: Learning Holistic Game Design through Adventure Games.”
Pitching Perfect - Creating My Own Hallmark Christmas Movie Game
Every year at Christmas my friends and I try to find the most corny Christmas movies we can find. Typically these are from Hallmark, though in recent years a few Netflix films have snuck into the mix. While there’s a formula, it’s actually very hard to write one of those films. How does a business survive selling Christmas Hats year-round from a brick-and-mortar store? Is that lady going to date…
Yooka-Replaylee Announced
I’m excited to say that a project I’ve been working on Yooka-Replaylee has been announced. It’s so much fun to spend time in this world.
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Pieced Together Wins at the Game Connection Awards
Pieced Together from Glowfrog Games has won two awards at the 2024 Game Connection Awards. Best Storytelling Best Puzzle Game I worked with the team at Glowfrog during a prototyping phase while they were participating in the Wings Elevate scheme. The team had already done a significant amount of work. I came aboard for this phase of their project to provide extra narrative support. I helped…
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Talk Slides - GDLX London - A holistic approach to narrative design
This week I was lucky enough to present my talk ” All Together Now, a holistic approach to narrative design.” I broke down how narrative is more than just story. That strong narrative is about working together as a team and sharing inspiration. The room was full for the talks all day and the indie game stands were full. The venue was in a super neat tunnel full of graffiti. The slides are…
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Holistic Narrative Design Talk at GDLX
Come see me in London!
Exciting news! I’m speaking at GDLX on Wednesday 29th March in London about Holistic narrative design. I’ll be taking a whistle stop tour through narrative design and how I think applying a narrative approach leads to better games and happier teams.
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User and stories and goals for writing & narrative design - actually pretty useful
I used to really dislike writing user stories and goals in my narrative design work. Compared to colleagues working in other areas of design it felt a little odd when I was writing. But the more I use them, the more I find them useful even when writing. Goals Goals should be the high level thing you want to achieve. Let’s say we want players to spend more time in our cool sci-fi RPG’s hat…
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