BAY ANAPOL

• Wrote and created all characters, dialogue, and interstitials
• Explored narrative delivery systems to better communicate complicated gameplay levels
• Worked in Unreal 5 to add strings and facial expression prompts
• Established extensive narrative documentation and tracked in JIRA
• Wrote two full-scale narrative designs for an unannounced AAA branded game - interacting with two international teams.
• Collaborated with concept art to create inviting narrative landscapes
• Developed narrative and dialogue for motion comic sequences
• Worked with sound to implement sound design
• Directed voice actors, and made on-the-spot changes

• Created IP [including dialogue, character design, and world creation] for unannounced detective game
• Wrote every word and interstitial in the game, including working with localization teams to sharpen precision
• Directed content design team, outlining tasks to build gameplay, allowing for quick turnarounds of updates
• Managed and mentored narrative and content designers, building confidence and writing chops
• Collaborated with art and game design, crafting and refining tone to guide different elements of gameplay and subplots
• Worked closely with art and production to sharpen connections between teams
• Devised long-form narrative and character arcs to lead players through more engaging story loops
• Employed quantitative and qualitative research to better shape story goals to enhance player experience
• Designed and wrote core feature sets
• Defined narrative processes, established performance goals, and provided feedback
• Collaborated closely with creative director
• Gave presentations to team on how narrative drives monetization and gameplay
• Sole charge of narrative elements to best interweave with gameplay

As Narrative Designer :

• Wrote all dialogue and edited dozens of premium, downloadable casual games
• Sharpened plot points and gameplay-narrative links
• Shaped voice and wrote VO scripts for casual games in development
• Helped refine and shape game narrative within 3rd party developer GDDs
• Wrote, revised, and edited collector's edition casual games, including Riddle of Fate: Wild Hunt and Mystery Fate's Carnival
• Created and described items, characters, and locations
• Worked with producers to interweave gameplay with appropriate tone, characters, and brand direction

As Senior Narrative Designer/Manager:

• Worked with global 3rd party developers as a narrative designer and story consultant
• Launched Toy Story Blast, working directly with Pixar and Disney
• Mentored and managed junior narrative designers, building confidence and ownership
• Designed Live Ops narrative updates, including returning character loops
• Sole writer/narrative designer on multiple games (launched and in development), including Robin Hood, Gummy Drop!, Toy Story Drop!, and Sunken Secrets
• Envisioned and developed fractured fairy tale approach to hit game, Evermerge
• Created narrative roadmaps, story bibles, dialogue, barks, lore creation, tutorial text, characters – from development to soft launch to worldwide
• Winner Triton Award of Excellence in Narrative Design
• Developed processes, documentation, as well as SharePoint systems for enhanced communication
• Wrote and consulted on all elements of narrative, including assets, world, characters, and locations
• Defined tone, characters, and narrative direction in high-pressure and fast-paced environment
• Managed all localization processes, and worked closely to ensure that updates were efficient and timely

• Devised and wrote all elements of the story universe of Project Spark, a AAA adventure game - including characters, locations, assets, story beats, and scripts
• Auditioned and directed voice actors, decided upon takes
• Collaborated with art, game design, and sound design to refine story, voiceover, and gameplay, refining tone to guide different elements of gameplay and subplots
• Used narrative to solve a tech issue: The engine lacked advanced follow for a traditional NPC character, leaving the pivotal character without interaction. Worked with art to invent Spark, a "pet" ball of light that was created through effects. This not only solved the interaction issue but also became the heart of the game's design

• Devised tooltips and text for Super Hero Squad Online
• Wrote character descriptions and devised mission adventures
• Developed creative game guides for parents and players
• Edited game text file, adding flavor to dialogue choices
• Pitched content strategies and managed asset acquisition.