Narrative News October 2023: Spooky Opportunities, Jobs, and Much More!
A round-up of useful links for narrative designers.
Hello, fellow narrative designers!
Ah, October. A time for hot tea, falling leaves, and sitting in cozy cafes squinting at your laptop. As always, we’ll be going through all the game writing opportunities fit to print, but this month there will also be a mid-month update with all the regular content and a few extra goodies for paid subscribers. Your support would mean the world to me (and make a big difference), but please don’t consider paying if you’re under financial stress. In fact, if you are not in a great financial position but would still like access to the extra content, contact me directly via my website and I will provide it! Regardless of subscription level, everyone will continue to get these beginning-of-the-month round-ups.
Without further ado, let’s get to the spooky opportunities!
Events
Conferences + Talks
Pixelles is hosting a free talk called ‘Asian Games… Without Martial Arts’ on Oct. 11th — it’s about ideating nuanced Asian characters with rich cultural backgrounds and sounds amazing.
Work With Indies is hosting ‘How to Get Hired in Games’ at Twitchcon with hiring managers Devolver Digital, Bungie, Riot, and Innersloth on Oct. 20th. They say it *should* be livestreamed!
AdventureX is running November 4th-5th in London and is a convention dedicated to narrative-driven gaming.
Meetups
SF Bay Area Interactive Fiction Meetup is meeting online on October 7th! Great group of people.
Jams + Competitions
Guys! It’s that time of year again! IFComp games are ready to play and judge! Hop to it, you’ve got until November 15th.
News + Resources
Emily Short’s latest blog post has some absolutely fascinating info on new articles, tools, and game releases that you should definitely check out. Have I mentioned how much of a fan I am of her before? Only a few thousand times? Well, it bears repeating.
Watch of the Week: Dev Talk & Tea, A Crash Course into Narrative Design
Opportunities
Jobs
Writing Intern at Insomniac Games
Content Writer at GoodNovel (Note: I haven’t personally vetted this — be sure to check the rates with your peers, or me, to see if they’re appropriate and proceed with appropriate caution)
Associate Localization Writer/Editor III at Nintendo
Narrative Designer (project Maverick) at People Can Fly
Narrative Designer at People Can Fly
Senior Writer at People Can Fly
Story Game Designer (Studio X) at Wizards of the Coast
Game Designer/Writer at Gold Creek Games
Narrative Producer at Embark
Principal Writer - AAA Project at Ubisoft
Senior Narrative Designer at Super Evil Megacorp
Lead Narrative Systems Designer at Possibility Space
Narrative Lead at Studio Pixanoh
Narrative Lead at Glowmade
Narrative Lead at Housemarque
Also, check out this Open Application at a16z games, Andreessen Horowitz’s gaming arm. It’s a venture capitalist group that could potentially connect you with stealth-mode games startups.
That’s it for this week! Let me know if I missed anything in the comments. Cheers all!