Harald Hagen 🏳️🌈
@haraldhagen.bsky.social
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✍️ Game Writer + Narrative Designer, to the great disapproval of my cats. Based in Yorkshire. He/him.
🎮 BG&E2 ▪︎ Game of Thrones: Tale of Crows ▪︎ The Stillness of the Wind ▪︎ NEO Scavenger ▪︎ etc.
💼 haraldthehagen.com
✍️ Game Writer + Narrative Designer, to the great disapproval of my cats. Based in Yorkshire. He/him.
🎮 BG&E2 ▪︎ Game of Thrones: Tale of Crows ▪︎ The Stillness of the Wind ▪︎ NEO Scavenger ▪︎ etc.
💼 haraldthehagen.com
Very excited down to the molecular level 😬
November 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Very excited down to the molecular level 😬
How my mind straight up exploded. Biggest concern is how three-cueing seems to throw wide the gates for bias to warp literacy.
If your method of reading a text asks you to fill in blanks yourself in lieu of clear context clues or correction, subtle prejudices can quickly become self-reinforcing.
If your method of reading a text asks you to fill in blanks yourself in lieu of clear context clues or correction, subtle prejudices can quickly become self-reinforcing.
November 11, 2025 at 11:35 PM
How my mind straight up exploded. Biggest concern is how three-cueing seems to throw wide the gates for bias to warp literacy.
If your method of reading a text asks you to fill in blanks yourself in lieu of clear context clues or correction, subtle prejudices can quickly become self-reinforcing.
If your method of reading a text asks you to fill in blanks yourself in lieu of clear context clues or correction, subtle prejudices can quickly become self-reinforcing.
It's just this particular thing right now that scratches the incredibly specific itch I have. This box-filling craft mechanic.
The loop of gather > mix > heal/give to npc > upgrade tools/house is in heaps of games, but i dunno this weirdly specific mood for a game is a new experience for me.
The loop of gather > mix > heal/give to npc > upgrade tools/house is in heaps of games, but i dunno this weirdly specific mood for a game is a new experience for me.
October 20, 2025 at 6:32 PM
It's just this particular thing right now that scratches the incredibly specific itch I have. This box-filling craft mechanic.
The loop of gather > mix > heal/give to npc > upgrade tools/house is in heaps of games, but i dunno this weirdly specific mood for a game is a new experience for me.
The loop of gather > mix > heal/give to npc > upgrade tools/house is in heaps of games, but i dunno this weirdly specific mood for a game is a new experience for me.
Laughing every time I think about the audacity of this twink rocking up to every inn/pub/tabled venue and taking their umbrella stand solely to rest his impractically large sword so he can focus on playing a children's card game.
October 15, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Laughing every time I think about the audacity of this twink rocking up to every inn/pub/tabled venue and taking their umbrella stand solely to rest his impractically large sword so he can focus on playing a children's card game.
Oh my lord, Kain, they Yuber-ed you.
October 15, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Oh my lord, Kain, they Yuber-ed you.
Post you from a different era.
2011. Fresh out of college. In the middle of a 3 week trip across Japan with a friend. We're strolling along Kamakura when we encounter a sign for an Amish Cooking cafe which sadly was not open at the time. Man, that was a fun trip.
2011. Fresh out of college. In the middle of a 3 week trip across Japan with a friend. We're strolling along Kamakura when we encounter a sign for an Amish Cooking cafe which sadly was not open at the time. Man, that was a fun trip.
October 14, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Post you from a different era.
2011. Fresh out of college. In the middle of a 3 week trip across Japan with a friend. We're strolling along Kamakura when we encounter a sign for an Amish Cooking cafe which sadly was not open at the time. Man, that was a fun trip.
2011. Fresh out of college. In the middle of a 3 week trip across Japan with a friend. We're strolling along Kamakura when we encounter a sign for an Amish Cooking cafe which sadly was not open at the time. Man, that was a fun trip.
"This is my desert. My Arrakis. My dune."
October 13, 2025 at 8:58 AM
"This is my desert. My Arrakis. My dune."
Weekly photo op of The Dark Sisters.
October 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Weekly photo op of The Dark Sisters.
Everywhere I go now I see the honmoon.
October 5, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Everywhere I go now I see the honmoon.
It's healthy to touch up on the fundamentals from time to time. Been dealing with some extra brain fog lately, so I wanted to see how the foundation has endured.
So far, so good :)
So far, so good :)
September 27, 2025 at 10:42 PM
It's healthy to touch up on the fundamentals from time to time. Been dealing with some extra brain fog lately, so I wanted to see how the foundation has endured.
So far, so good :)
So far, so good :)
If you see this, quote skeet with a screenshot from a video game that released the year you were born.
September 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM
If you see this, quote skeet with a screenshot from a video game that released the year you were born.
Messing about in Nod-Krai in Genshin Impact, and I see these things. Is this a reference or am I just too well-trained in Final Fantasy? 🔪
September 26, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Messing about in Nod-Krai in Genshin Impact, and I see these things. Is this a reference or am I just too well-trained in Final Fantasy? 🔪
Did anyone else grow up with cups like these at home? Or have them now? I just get thrown back about 30 years every time one jumpscares on screen. Damn you, TNG.
September 25, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Did anyone else grow up with cups like these at home? Or have them now? I just get thrown back about 30 years every time one jumpscares on screen. Damn you, TNG.
Me when my favourite games/shows come up in conversation. Also me when something about the world is true yet makes no fucking sense.
September 23, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Me when my favourite games/shows come up in conversation. Also me when something about the world is true yet makes no fucking sense.
I summoned a sleepy creature to invoke the most chill vibes we can muster. Here's to a kind and restful weekend, aye?
September 19, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I summoned a sleepy creature to invoke the most chill vibes we can muster. Here's to a kind and restful weekend, aye?
Welcoming you newly following folks seems like the best time to talk about a small room in my head where broody shadowy fictional men lurk and linger for years. Starting from 1995, all the way to 2025 -
I give you: Magus (of Chrono Trigger) and Flins (of Genshin Impact).
I give you: Magus (of Chrono Trigger) and Flins (of Genshin Impact).
September 18, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Welcoming you newly following folks seems like the best time to talk about a small room in my head where broody shadowy fictional men lurk and linger for years. Starting from 1995, all the way to 2025 -
I give you: Magus (of Chrono Trigger) and Flins (of Genshin Impact).
I give you: Magus (of Chrono Trigger) and Flins (of Genshin Impact).
Post a random picture or else everything will go bad in September
September 1, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Post a random picture or else everything will go bad in September
Welcome!
I'm a game writer and narrative designer from 🇮🇩🇧🇻, now UK-based. Over the past decade, I've worked freelance on a bunch of cool games, including the ones below.
Indie/AAA, sole writer/team co-writing, joined early/recruited late. All sorts of shenanigans.
Feel free to connect and say hey!
I'm a game writer and narrative designer from 🇮🇩🇧🇻, now UK-based. Over the past decade, I've worked freelance on a bunch of cool games, including the ones below.
Indie/AAA, sole writer/team co-writing, joined early/recruited late. All sorts of shenanigans.
Feel free to connect and say hey!
August 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Welcome!
I'm a game writer and narrative designer from 🇮🇩🇧🇻, now UK-based. Over the past decade, I've worked freelance on a bunch of cool games, including the ones below.
Indie/AAA, sole writer/team co-writing, joined early/recruited late. All sorts of shenanigans.
Feel free to connect and say hey!
I'm a game writer and narrative designer from 🇮🇩🇧🇻, now UK-based. Over the past decade, I've worked freelance on a bunch of cool games, including the ones below.
Indie/AAA, sole writer/team co-writing, joined early/recruited late. All sorts of shenanigans.
Feel free to connect and say hey!
Sunday morning post-breakfast double-barrel cat seating.
August 17, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Sunday morning post-breakfast double-barrel cat seating.
First 5 Steam purchases? You're on!
There I was: a SCAD graduate of game dev with all the time in the world, jobless as a fish, living back at home with my parents.
There I was: a SCAD graduate of game dev with all the time in the world, jobless as a fish, living back at home with my parents.
August 15, 2025 at 9:54 AM
First 5 Steam purchases? You're on!
There I was: a SCAD graduate of game dev with all the time in the world, jobless as a fish, living back at home with my parents.
There I was: a SCAD graduate of game dev with all the time in the world, jobless as a fish, living back at home with my parents.
Happy New Year, bluesky friends!
Special wishes from these two absolute units, my step-cats, posing in the roles of: Obi-Cat Kenobi, and Darth Maowder.
Special wishes from these two absolute units, my step-cats, posing in the roles of: Obi-Cat Kenobi, and Darth Maowder.
January 1, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Happy New Year, bluesky friends!
Special wishes from these two absolute units, my step-cats, posing in the roles of: Obi-Cat Kenobi, and Darth Maowder.
Special wishes from these two absolute units, my step-cats, posing in the roles of: Obi-Cat Kenobi, and Darth Maowder.
Hey, folks!
A bit overdue for an intro, but that's pretty on-brand for me.
I'm Harald, a story writer for games (GoT: Tale of Crows, The Stillness of the Wind, etc). Currently working on a AAA title. Prose is home, lore is fun, but the best thing is making players feel what a character feels.
A bit overdue for an intro, but that's pretty on-brand for me.
I'm Harald, a story writer for games (GoT: Tale of Crows, The Stillness of the Wind, etc). Currently working on a AAA title. Prose is home, lore is fun, but the best thing is making players feel what a character feels.
December 21, 2024 at 9:12 AM
Hey, folks!
A bit overdue for an intro, but that's pretty on-brand for me.
I'm Harald, a story writer for games (GoT: Tale of Crows, The Stillness of the Wind, etc). Currently working on a AAA title. Prose is home, lore is fun, but the best thing is making players feel what a character feels.
A bit overdue for an intro, but that's pretty on-brand for me.
I'm Harald, a story writer for games (GoT: Tale of Crows, The Stillness of the Wind, etc). Currently working on a AAA title. Prose is home, lore is fun, but the best thing is making players feel what a character feels.
My current morning "alarm" is the best.
December 5, 2024 at 12:48 PM
My current morning "alarm" is the best.