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SON M. @bogboogie.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

THE HOLLOWED NIGHT #3 IS NEARLY FUNDED! Please consider backing and getting a sweet sweet copy of a campy monster series about a bunch of creatures trying to kill their universe’s Van Helsing. I promise it’s fun. 🩸

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Tori Schafer @torischafer.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Re-introductions are in order! Hi, I'm Tori Schafer, a Narrative Lead at Elsewhere Entertainment. We're currently creating an unannounced "new narrative-based and genre-defining AAA franchise." My past work includes the games Elder Scrolls Online, World of Warcraft, and Spellbreak.

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Tori Schafer @torischafer.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Super excited to say that I'll be speaking at Digital Dragons this year in Krakow, Poland! I'll be giving a talk about my work writing lyrics for games. I'm also available to meet other developers attending the conference ^^

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Innersloth @innersloth.com · 07/04/2025

🦥 HIRING 🦥 Looking for a freelance Senior Writer! Help us on something fun~ - Experience with Ink/other narrative scripting languages and comedic writing a plus - Kind approach to working w/ others - Remote, contract Apply before Apr 22! innersloth.bamboohr.com/careers/31

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Senior Writer (Freelance)

Hello! Innersloth is a small remote team scattered mostly in North America. We released Among Us in 2018 and are now working on a new game. We are looking to expand our creative team with a full-time,...

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Anna 🌿👁️ @annacwebs.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

WELP… an unexpected graduation. Night School will not be renewing my contract as planned and I am now immediately looking for work! I’m a game writer/narrative designer with 5+ yrs and Lead experience. Long-term, short-term, in-house, consultation… anything! Let’s talk! 💖 annacwebster.com

A picture of Anna standing in front of a neon light reading NIGHT SCHOOL, where she is peeking up from the bottom of the frame - you only see from her blue eyes up

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Failbetter Games | Wishlist Mandrake on Steam! @failbettergames.com · 26/02/2025

We're looking to hire a mid-level or senior Writer and Narrative Designer to work on Fallen London. Full time, permanent, remote! Full spec and details of how to apply: www.failbettergames.com/jobs/writer-...

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Writer and Narrative Designer (Senior/Mid-Level)

Failbetter are an independent games studio, creating games and stories mostly set in the Fallen London Universe.

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Tori Schafer @torischafer.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

I just binged 1000xResist this weekend and yes, it is exactly as good as you heard. One of the best narrative games I've ever played. Took me about 12 hours to beat it and it's so worth your time. I'm honestly still thinking about it and piecing everything together.

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Damon @damonreece.com · 30/11/2024

Hello folks! I am looking for narrative work. I’ve been writing for games for 12 years and spent the last two working on the extremely lovely RPG Eternal Strands. Also lead writer on Necrobarista, etc. My contact info & other relevant details can be found on my website! 😀👍 damonreece.com

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damon reece's website

This is the website of Damon Reece, writer and narrative designer for videogames. Not the semi-famous drummer. Sorry.

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Spirit Swap ON SWITCH/2 NOW✨ @softnotweak.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Spirit Swap: Lofi Beats to Match-3 to is OUT NOW! GO GO GO! ✨ store.steampowered.com/app/1592170/... ✨

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Tori Schafer @torischafer.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Already played quite a few hours of this and it's already so stressful and I'm fucking up so much. 10/10

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Tori Schafer @torischafer.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Gisula was an absolute delight to work with, and this track is one of the highlights of our finished prototype! Definitely recommend checking it out!

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Tori Schafer @torischafer.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Now that it's a new year, I wanted to do my top 10 games of 2024! I played a lot of cool stuff this year and always love looking back and celebrating the games I got to enjoy. 🧵

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Andy Walsh @englishscribe.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

OPPORTUNITY Narrative Designer Star Trek Not affiliated, shares welcome. www.scopely.com/en/careers?j...

Tori Schafer @torischafer.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

One of my favorite indie games this year. If you're at all into turn based RPGs and games with emotional depth, I highly recommend it!

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Tori Schafer @torischafer.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

What is the most stereotypical thing about you and the region you live in or are from? Me: I'm from Delaware County, Pennsylvania and every time I go home I eat a Wawa hoagie. (Classic Italian, naturally.)

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🔥 Napalm ErAnn🔥 @annlemay.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Yeah ok, I’m doing this. Here is some advice for aspiring game writers. Do not come into games wanting to be a game writer with the attitude that all you are going to write are the cinematics. Fact: a game’s story is not about the cinematics. 🧵

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nell @nellraban.com · 18/12/2024

my team has an open historian position. history nerds, come through!

boards.greenhouse.io

Historian

Sparks Glencoe, Maryland, United States

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Rebusmind @rebusmind.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Hi, I'm looking for a pixel artist who can do a lot of small(-ish) monster artworks for an upcoming Game Boy Color game. That means 3 colors, up to 64x64px and no animations. Please get in touch if you are interested. (and share)

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Guillaume Bonnet @zazb.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

My comfort zone: Tiny fantasy people, preferably with big backpacks.

Four types of adventurers from two different settings.
The first row reads: Human fighter, Gnome wizard, Earthen Thief, and Svar cleric.
The second row is the same archetypes but they are all humans from The Thief of Tales.

Three Earthen (a fantasy dwarf-like people) adventurers. They are listed as an Anvil City artificer, a Thoranic Templar, and a Burrow Lancer. This last one is riding a badger.

A collection of ancestries from my fantasy setting.

An outdated list of classes from the MCDM RPG, Draw Steel. A fan art because I love their game design.

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Tori Schafer @torischafer.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

The gAsp I let out when I saw there was a new New Frame Plus episode out!!!

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Tori Schafer @torischafer.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Hell yeah! Couldn't be happier for all my old coworkers 😁

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Anna Hollinrake 🌤️ @annahollinrake.com · 11/12/2024

🌙 Crescent County is: 🧹 Kiki’s Delivery Service but with cropped jackets and chokers 📻 lofi and crunchy alt rock playing out of your 00s flip phone 💜 full of heart and earnestly about finding home Our demo is OUT ON STEAM RIGHT NOW! Thank you @dayofthedevs.org !!

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Paweł Sasko @pawesasko.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

In light of the recent wave of layoffs in People Can Fly and Deck Nine, I wanted to remind you my dears that we have plenty of openings: in Europe and America. Personally, I'm involved in actively building the team in Boston, check out our open jobs ❤️ cdprojektred.com/en/jobs

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Tori Schafer @torischafer.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Just binged Case of the Golden Idol (second playthrough), all the DLC, and Rise of the Golden Idol in a week and man these games are great. A million more like them, please!

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Debug Magazine @debugmag.com · 01/12/2024

We’re hiring! Debug are looking for a writer with editorial experience and a passion for indie games to join our team as a staff writer. This is a paid, long-term freelance position with regular work in every print issue! If that sounds like you, our DMs are open. We’d love to see your portfolio!

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Tori Schafer @torischafer.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Reading something you wrote out loud helps you edit faster and produces better results. Having someone else read it out loud to you is even better.

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Tori Schafer @torischafer.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Oooo, I like this. My top four games of 2024!

Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth game banner.

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Tori Schafer @torischafer.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Thought I'd do a thread on being hired as a Writer / Narrative Designer in games, since I've been on both sides of the process. Here's some answers to frequently asked questions. Opinions my own, mileage may vary, etc. 🧵

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that one video game writer @deathmeetauthor.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Going off the previous post, the next most important thing is to engage with your genre AND medium. You can adapt across media, of course, but video game writing is not novel writing is not a screenplay, and so forth. And not knowing* your genre just puts you here: *knowing does not mean copying

A quote from Ursula K Le Guin - A writer sets out to write science fiction but isn’t familiar with the genre, hasn’t read what’s been written. This is a fairly common situation, because science fiction is known to sell well but, as a subliterary genre, is not supposed to be worth study—what’s to learn? It doesn’t occur to the novice that a genre is a genre because it has a field and focus of its own; its appropriate and particular tools, rules, and techniques for handling the material; its traditions; and its experienced, appreciative readers—that it is, in fact, a literature. Ignoring all this, our novice is just about to reinvent the wheel, the space ship, the space alien, and the mad scientist, with cries of innocent wonder. The cries will not be echoed by the readers. Readers familiar with that genre have met the space ship, the alien, and the mad scientist before. They know more about them than the writer does.

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Tori Schafer @torischafer.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

Repost with your 5 favorite reads this year (so far): The City We Became - N.K. Jemisin The World We Make - N.K. Jemisin The Last Murder at the End of the World - Stuart Turton That Time I Got Drunk... (Series) - Kimberly Lemming Dragon Age: Tevinter Nights - Multiple Authors

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Tori Schafer @torischafer.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

I finished up Dragon Age: The Veilguard as of last night. I have mixed feelings, but it's still a 4/5 game for me. Overall I enjoyed my time with it. I think it was also really lifted up by its excellent endgame, but I shall endeavor not to spoil.

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Wolfy D. Lucca 🌗🐺 @spookalucca.tv · 30/10/2024

📣Putting out a call for game music composers from marginalized groups (LGBTQ+/POC) for a paid gig!📣 I’m looking for folks who can do Classical arrangements, think Cello, Piano, Victorian romantic and dramatic vibes. If that sounds like you, please reply or DM me your work! 🔁RTs appreciated🔁

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Anna Megill @annamegill.com · 29/10/2024

My studio is hiring two narrative roles, a senior writer and senior ND. Come work with my wildly talented team ✨ www.cdprojektred.com/en/jobs/7440... www.cdprojektred.com/en/jobs/7440...

cdprojektred.com

CD PROJEKT RED - Award-winning creators of story-driven role-playing games.

Award-winning creator of story-driven role-playing games

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Tori Schafer @torischafer.bsky.social · 29/10/2024

Seems Veilguard has new spoilers popping up on social media. Thus it's my time to take a break ✌🏻 I'll see y'all on the other side when I'm done binging it.

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adrienne ✨ Truth Scrapper @insertdisc5.com · 28/10/2024

if you wanna make a game and don't know how to start, well do i have the post for you (SOFTWARE EDITION) 🎮 www.insertdisc5.com/tutorials#/m...

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HEY I WANNA MAKE A GAME!
Yeah I getcha. I was once like you. Pure and naive. Great news. I AM STILL PURE AND NAIVE, GAME DEV IS FUN! But where to start?

To start, here are a couple of entry level softwares you can use! source: I just made a game called In Stars and Time and people are asking me how to start making vidy gaems. Now, without further ado:
SOFTWARES AND ENGINES FOR PEOPLE WHO DON’T KNOW HOW TO CODE!!!

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Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) @hansilowang.bsky.social · 28/10/2024

Dear mail-in voters, If your state's return deadline is Election Day (Nov. 5), the U.S. Postal Service recommends that you mail your ballot by Tuesday (Oct. 29). Sincerely, The reporter who wrote this: www.npr.org/2024/09/20/n...

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Voters are advised to return their ballots early because of mail delay concerns

Election officials are raising concerns about the U.S. Postal Service's ability to handle this fall’s expected influx of election mail. But USPS say it’s ready to deliver the country’s ballots.

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Tori Schafer @torischafer.bsky.social · 28/10/2024

I went English Teacher -> QA Tester -> Writer & Narrative Designer -> Senior Narrative Designer. Got extremely lucky when I was a QA tester that one of the studio's writers reached out and encouraged me to apply. He even gave me advice on my application.

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Eline Muijres 🐇 @elinemuijres.com · 24/10/2024

We are looking for speakers for our virtual IndieGameBusiness Leadership Conference on Dec 11, organized by @thepowellgroup.bsky.social All speakers will receive a stipend. Submit your talk about leadership/communications here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev

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IndieGameBusiness Leadership Conference - December 2024

Join us for a dynamic day of lectures and panels on leadership and communication in the video game industry, hosted by IndieGameBusiness®

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