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@scrivscriv.bsky.social
Contract says game writer.
I wander around Excel looking for the exit. I draw colleagues' attention with loud lamentaions. I get cursed by the Chaos Gods as part of my tasks.
I also teach SF at Uni. That part's great.
ADHD/assorted issues stemming from it.
I wander around Excel looking for the exit. I draw colleagues' attention with loud lamentaions. I get cursed by the Chaos Gods as part of my tasks.
I also teach SF at Uni. That part's great.
ADHD/assorted issues stemming from it.
I wrote most of those lines keeping my fingers crossed that the VA can make them sound 10x cooler than they actually are. And, yeah... Kate Kennedy crushed it.
December 8, 2025 at 9:00 AM
I wrote most of those lines keeping my fingers crossed that the VA can make them sound 10x cooler than they actually are. And, yeah... Kate Kennedy crushed it.
A six-armed snake lady... uh, mistress, wasn't the kind of thing I expected to be writing but apparently she was somewhere in me all along
Forgot to post about lack of stream here woops, anyway I didn't stream because I was very hyperfocused on Total War Warhammer 3 thanks to the new DLC, Dechala is my new Slaanesh favourite thanks CA
December 6, 2025 at 4:44 PM
A six-armed snake lady... uh, mistress, wasn't the kind of thing I expected to be writing but apparently she was somewhere in me all along
Anime-ass framing, chef's kiss.
Werner Herzog, Claudia Cardinale qnd Klaus Kinski on the set of the troubled production of the film adaptation of Randal & Hopkirk (Deceased)
September 24, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Anime-ass framing, chef's kiss.
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This video was down for most of the past week because YouTube took down the Writers' Guild channel(!), but now it's back online. Enjoy!
For anyone looking to get into games writing as a career, @writersguildgb.bsky.social has uploaded a panel session I did with @coreybrotherson.bsky.social, @marygoodden.bsky.social and James Chew of @failbettergames.com, talking about that very subject: youtu.be/fcOXhmTk1tM?...
Navigating a career in videogames writing
YouTube video by Writers' Guild of Great Britain
youtu.be
September 16, 2025 at 12:02 PM
This video was down for most of the past week because YouTube took down the Writers' Guild channel(!), but now it's back online. Enjoy!
Not to clog up Mr. Dias's post with replies. The art portion, as he notes, is plain stupid and unimportant in the bigger scheme of things. In terms of pre-play presentation, the blurb is where it's at. And look, someone already gave advice on that!
September 16, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Not to clog up Mr. Dias's post with replies. The art portion, as he notes, is plain stupid and unimportant in the bigger scheme of things. In terms of pre-play presentation, the blurb is where it's at. And look, someone already gave advice on that!
Turns out an actress whom I'd watched in a (high-profile, severely underperforming, cancelled) TV show - and loved her performance there - had one of the big VA roles for our upcoming release. Just learned she specifically singled out my script for praise on multiple occasions.
September 16, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Turns out an actress whom I'd watched in a (high-profile, severely underperforming, cancelled) TV show - and loved her performance there - had one of the big VA roles for our upcoming release. Just learned she specifically singled out my script for praise on multiple occasions.
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SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 📢
Emma Kidwell - Writer
💚 Get a deeper understanding of the games media to #gamedev pipeline, the successes, and the deterioration
💙What new writers and narrative designers should do now to kickstart their career now that the pipeline no longer exists.
#GDoCExpo2025
Emma Kidwell - Writer
💚 Get a deeper understanding of the games media to #gamedev pipeline, the successes, and the deterioration
💙What new writers and narrative designers should do now to kickstart their career now that the pipeline no longer exists.
#GDoCExpo2025
September 15, 2025 at 7:52 PM
SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 📢
Emma Kidwell - Writer
💚 Get a deeper understanding of the games media to #gamedev pipeline, the successes, and the deterioration
💙What new writers and narrative designers should do now to kickstart their career now that the pipeline no longer exists.
#GDoCExpo2025
Emma Kidwell - Writer
💚 Get a deeper understanding of the games media to #gamedev pipeline, the successes, and the deterioration
💙What new writers and narrative designers should do now to kickstart their career now that the pipeline no longer exists.
#GDoCExpo2025
On the off-chance any colleague with some experience of game-writing usages of Excel sees this: what manner of templates and formulas helped you most in organizing and tracking work?
Context: I need it for various short descriptions and storylet-like branches with variable-based variability.
Context: I need it for various short descriptions and storylet-like branches with variable-based variability.
September 9, 2025 at 7:31 AM
On the off-chance any colleague with some experience of game-writing usages of Excel sees this: what manner of templates and formulas helped you most in organizing and tracking work?
Context: I need it for various short descriptions and storylet-like branches with variable-based variability.
Context: I need it for various short descriptions and storylet-like branches with variable-based variability.
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I was a Firaxis narrative designer/writer and lost my job today. Any help sharing leads on new opportunities would be great!
Over 3.5 years, I contributed to Civilization VII and Marvel’s Midnight Suns, helping turn maps, mechanics, and chaos into memorable stories. See my work benreeves.carrd.co
Over 3.5 years, I contributed to Civilization VII and Marvel’s Midnight Suns, helping turn maps, mechanics, and chaos into memorable stories. See my work benreeves.carrd.co
Benjamin Reeves Is Incredible
Ben Reeves narrative designer and writer
benreeves.carrd.co
September 4, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I was a Firaxis narrative designer/writer and lost my job today. Any help sharing leads on new opportunities would be great!
Over 3.5 years, I contributed to Civilization VII and Marvel’s Midnight Suns, helping turn maps, mechanics, and chaos into memorable stories. See my work benreeves.carrd.co
Over 3.5 years, I contributed to Civilization VII and Marvel’s Midnight Suns, helping turn maps, mechanics, and chaos into memorable stories. See my work benreeves.carrd.co
The blatant stupidity of the Firaxis layoffs situation is triply underscored by letting go writers like Emma Kidwell. This repost is a drop in the bucket but a network of colleagues that know you/of you seems one of the few (and great) things narrative people in this industry have going for them.
Hi! I was laid off from Firaxis this morning. I wrote leaders and civs for Civilization VII (NDA for now) and Deadpool and Storm for Marvel's Midnight Suns. I also wrote the award-nominated Hindsight.
I'm available for full time, remote work starting ASAP. DMs are open:
emmkid.info
I'm available for full time, remote work starting ASAP. DMs are open:
emmkid.info
Portfolio
emmkid.info
September 5, 2025 at 6:12 AM
The blatant stupidity of the Firaxis layoffs situation is triply underscored by letting go writers like Emma Kidwell. This repost is a drop in the bucket but a network of colleagues that know you/of you seems one of the few (and great) things narrative people in this industry have going for them.
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I want to put an end to the deception and disinformation ZA/UM has been spreading about me, and finally leave this entire chapter behind once and for all. Here is what really happened on Locust City.
August 21, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I want to put an end to the deception and disinformation ZA/UM has been spreading about me, and finally leave this entire chapter behind once and for all. Here is what really happened on Locust City.
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The defamatory statements Zaum gave to PMG about myself and Dora Klindžić in the latest Disco Elysium follow-up story left me with no other choice than to disprove them with hard evidence. This is what really happened in Zaum between June 2022 and Feb 2024:
August 21, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The defamatory statements Zaum gave to PMG about myself and Dora Klindžić in the latest Disco Elysium follow-up story left me with no other choice than to disprove them with hard evidence. This is what really happened in Zaum between June 2022 and Feb 2024:
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I think a lot of people have been beaten down by bad producers and bad process but on my last job where I regularly interfaced with a producer having a producer was a blessing I was thankful every day. This is true even if there was inherent friction between my role and the producer's!
August 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I think a lot of people have been beaten down by bad producers and bad process but on my last job where I regularly interfaced with a producer having a producer was a blessing I was thankful every day. This is true even if there was inherent friction between my role and the producer's!
Well, shit, wrote a long thread about a thing two days ago, deleted the second post in it to replace it with a clearer version, and it turned out that deletes *all* the posts after the deleted one. Just saw it now. What the fuck, Bluesky.
August 20, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Well, shit, wrote a long thread about a thing two days ago, deleted the second post in it to replace it with a clearer version, and it turned out that deletes *all* the posts after the deleted one. Just saw it now. What the fuck, Bluesky.
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Two and half days later & I still don't have words
So proud and happy for our team
So thankful to the WSFS voters
So honored to be in this cohort of finalists and past winners
Live and drink 🚀🚀
So proud and happy for our team
So thankful to the WSFS voters
So honored to be in this cohort of finalists and past winners
Live and drink 🚀🚀
August 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Two and half days later & I still don't have words
So proud and happy for our team
So thankful to the WSFS voters
So honored to be in this cohort of finalists and past winners
Live and drink 🚀🚀
So proud and happy for our team
So thankful to the WSFS voters
So honored to be in this cohort of finalists and past winners
Live and drink 🚀🚀
A day in the life:
Notes on the writing from the IP-holder came back. Half of them had to do with gameplay effects at odds with the writing (not in IP's purview but the liaison person is enthusiastic about their work and likes to be thorough). Why did that happen?
Notes on the writing from the IP-holder came back. Half of them had to do with gameplay effects at odds with the writing (not in IP's purview but the liaison person is enthusiastic about their work and likes to be thorough). Why did that happen?
August 15, 2025 at 10:15 AM
A day in the life:
Notes on the writing from the IP-holder came back. Half of them had to do with gameplay effects at odds with the writing (not in IP's purview but the liaison person is enthusiastic about their work and likes to be thorough). Why did that happen?
Notes on the writing from the IP-holder came back. Half of them had to do with gameplay effects at odds with the writing (not in IP's purview but the liaison person is enthusiastic about their work and likes to be thorough). Why did that happen?
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Time for another one of these posts: I'm a narrative designer/writer with 8+ years of experience, including at a lead level. I'm available for short- or long-term contracting on:
- Writing;
- Systems, narrative, and economy design;
- Design or narrative consulting;
Full credits: brunodias.dev/bio
- Writing;
- Systems, narrative, and economy design;
- Design or narrative consulting;
Full credits: brunodias.dev/bio
August 1, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Time for another one of these posts: I'm a narrative designer/writer with 8+ years of experience, including at a lead level. I'm available for short- or long-term contracting on:
- Writing;
- Systems, narrative, and economy design;
- Design or narrative consulting;
Full credits: brunodias.dev/bio
- Writing;
- Systems, narrative, and economy design;
- Design or narrative consulting;
Full credits: brunodias.dev/bio
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It's been one year since I was laid off, and my contract with Blizzard ends in two months. I'm still looking for my next role as a senior writer or narrative designer!
I have over 8 years of experience working in AAA games from live service MMOs to single player. You can find my work on my website.
I have over 8 years of experience working in AAA games from live service MMOs to single player. You can find my work on my website.
Portfolio — Hazel Monforton
Senior Narrative Designer (2021—2024)
hazelmonforton.com
July 31, 2025 at 1:37 PM
It's been one year since I was laid off, and my contract with Blizzard ends in two months. I'm still looking for my next role as a senior writer or narrative designer!
I have over 8 years of experience working in AAA games from live service MMOs to single player. You can find my work on my website.
I have over 8 years of experience working in AAA games from live service MMOs to single player. You can find my work on my website.
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Fundamentally if your game contains text that you're comfortable filling with LLM slop you're making a bad game. Good design doesn't include text as empty filler the player isn't meant to read, engage with, or care about.
July 20, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Fundamentally if your game contains text that you're comfortable filling with LLM slop you're making a bad game. Good design doesn't include text as empty filler the player isn't meant to read, engage with, or care about.
The plight of narrative design thinking in a role that's not narrative design on paper and where the narrative design parts of the work are not strictly your prerogative, in practice:
May 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The plight of narrative design thinking in a role that's not narrative design on paper and where the narrative design parts of the work are not strictly your prerogative, in practice:
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OPPORTUNITY! - Writer - Total War - UK, or Bulgaria
Not affiliated. Shares welcome!
gamejobs.co/Game-Writer-...
Not affiliated. Shares welcome!
gamejobs.co/Game-Writer-...
Game Writer - CA Sofia at Sega Europe
Additional holiday allowance plus full studio closure over the Christmas and New Year period, as all Bulgarian Bank holidays
gamejobs.co
April 4, 2025 at 6:35 AM
OPPORTUNITY! - Writer - Total War - UK, or Bulgaria
Not affiliated. Shares welcome!
gamejobs.co/Game-Writer-...
Not affiliated. Shares welcome!
gamejobs.co/Game-Writer-...
Quote-posting myself is cringe, I guess, but I wanted to finish my thoughts on this without clogging doc's nice thread.
I first came across the "absorb what makes you feel good about another's work" in an essay on writing by Samuel Delany, who himself sort-of-quoted Nabokov.
I first came across the "absorb what makes you feel good about another's work" in an essay on writing by Samuel Delany, who himself sort-of-quoted Nabokov.
I think this is very important. The things you react to positively in others' work are the things you absorb into your own understanding of how you can write enjoyably, too. Writing is being aware of and working with narrative models, and the positive examples are what sticks in that respect.
March 18, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Quote-posting myself is cringe, I guess, but I wanted to finish my thoughts on this without clogging doc's nice thread.
I first came across the "absorb what makes you feel good about another's work" in an essay on writing by Samuel Delany, who himself sort-of-quoted Nabokov.
I first came across the "absorb what makes you feel good about another's work" in an essay on writing by Samuel Delany, who himself sort-of-quoted Nabokov.
The one time I absent-mindedly click on the Discover tab and get served with what surely will be one of the great bsky posts of 2025. Thanks, Discover tab!
(But seriously, you're usually pretty meh.)
(But seriously, you're usually pretty meh.)
God dammit. Timing couldn’t be worse but here goes.
Chuck Schumer and I are launching our new podcast “Soul Deep: A Weekly Deep Dive Into the Music of Collective Soul” tomorrow. I do NOT support his latest decision and want to make clear this is strictly a music podcast. Please check it out
Chuck Schumer and I are launching our new podcast “Soul Deep: A Weekly Deep Dive Into the Music of Collective Soul” tomorrow. I do NOT support his latest decision and want to make clear this is strictly a music podcast. Please check it out
March 14, 2025 at 10:24 AM
The one time I absent-mindedly click on the Discover tab and get served with what surely will be one of the great bsky posts of 2025. Thanks, Discover tab!
(But seriously, you're usually pretty meh.)
(But seriously, you're usually pretty meh.)
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LAUNCH DATE ANNOUNCEMENT! 📣📣
Old Skies - a time travel adventure game - is coming APRIL 23rd, 2025 for Windows, Mac, Linux and Switch!
To celebrate, here is a sparkling new trailer featuring Hanna Takana, one the several clients you will be taking into the past:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAQ9...
Old Skies - a time travel adventure game - is coming APRIL 23rd, 2025 for Windows, Mac, Linux and Switch!
To celebrate, here is a sparkling new trailer featuring Hanna Takana, one the several clients you will be taking into the past:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAQ9...
Old Skies character profile: Hanna Tanaka
YouTube video by Wadjet Eye Games
www.youtube.com
March 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
LAUNCH DATE ANNOUNCEMENT! 📣📣
Old Skies - a time travel adventure game - is coming APRIL 23rd, 2025 for Windows, Mac, Linux and Switch!
To celebrate, here is a sparkling new trailer featuring Hanna Takana, one the several clients you will be taking into the past:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAQ9...
Old Skies - a time travel adventure game - is coming APRIL 23rd, 2025 for Windows, Mac, Linux and Switch!
To celebrate, here is a sparkling new trailer featuring Hanna Takana, one the several clients you will be taking into the past:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAQ9...