Lead Narrative Writer

16 hours, 54 minutes ago
Full-time
Lead
Design and User Experience
Longdue Games

Longdue Games

Longdue Games is launching a crowdfund for HOPETOWN, a narrative-driven psychological role-playing game that draws inspiration from isometric RPG classics, featuring innovative mechanics such as psychogeography and a rogue journalist protagonist, while...

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Founded 2024

Description

  • Write compelling dialogue and narrative events that deepen the connection between characters and the world.
  • Develop story content that explores the relationship between the physical environment and the protagonist’s mental journey.
  • Build a universe where interconnected worlds and environments reflect each other in contrasting and mysterious ways.
  • Collaborate with designers, artists, programmers, and narrative colleagues to integrate story with gameplay.
  • Ensure the narrative supports role-play and skill-based checks inspired by TTRPG mechanics.
  • Contribute to the foundational systems, characters, and mechanics during early production.
  • Help create a branching story where player choices have meaningful consequences.

Requirements

  • Proven writing experience for narrative-driven games, ideally RPGs, with leadership or significant contribution to a shipped or in-development title.
  • Ability to craft complex characters, nuanced dialogue, and emotionally resonant themes.
  • Experience building rich, interconnected worlds that reflect character psychology and narrative arcs.
  • Comfort working in a small, collaborative team and moving between writing, reviewing, and brainstorming.
  • Passion for story-rich games and an understanding of how gameplay and narrative work together.
  • Familiarity with TTRPG-inspired systems, including dialogue choices, branching paths, skill checks, and dice rolls (nice to have).
  • Experience writing psychological, philosophical, or thematically ambitious stories (nice to have).
  • Background in screenwriting, creative writing, or interactive fiction (nice to have).
  • Comfort with early-stage, exploratory development, including prototyping and world-shaping (nice to have).

Benefits

  • Creative freedom to shape the voice and vision of a groundbreaking RPG.
  • Opportunity to work on a thought-provoking project with philosophical themes and deep narrative focus.
  • Remote-first working environment with flexibility to work from wherever you choose.

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