Narrative Designer (Game Writer)
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Write the core narrative, lore, world-building, and dialogue for a sci-fi roguelite real-time strategy game, and collaborate with design and leadership to integrate story into core systems.
About this role
About Wild Fields™
Wild Fields is a Malta-based studio with deep Ukrainian roots. Founded by industry veteran Daniel Poludyonny, the studio brings together a seasoned team that’s been making games together for years at N-iX Games. Previously, the team worked on multiple games for Paradox, Supermassive Games, and Netflix, and self-published their first game, Speed Crew, in 2024.
About the project
A “roguelite” real time strategy game with city-building elements and immersive bits, in which you must manage a floating city on an ever-changing alien ocean. If you are excited about the opportunity to collaborate and grow among passionate experts — we invite you to our team!
Requirements:
- Proven experience as a Sci-Fi writer with work examples
- Design story and narrative-driven content in a productive and resultative fashion
- Creating and maintaining design documentation to communicate changes to the team
- Forward-thinking and anticipating the game's needs with a high degree of self-motivation and initiative
- Desire and ability to support Game Design team and Game Director in defining systems and structures to improve the game experience throughout the entire game, not just in the story/narrative area
- Written English (at least C1)
Responsibilities:
- Write the core narrative, lore, and world-building for the game
- Design and write dialogue
- Work closely with the Game Design team and the Game Director to integrate the storyline into the core game systems
- Playtest narrative content regularly
- Own and maintain narrative design documentation
Good to have:
- At least one shipped commercial game title is a huge plus
- Experience with Unreal Engine
- Great communication skills and a positive, can-do attitude
- Familiarity with the hard sci-fi genre, and narrative strategy games
- A portfolio containing examples of narrative work and examples of style variety is a plus
We offer*:
- Flexible working format - remote, office-based or flexible
- A competitive salary and good compensation package
- Personalized career growth
- Professional development tools (mentorship program, tech talks and trainings, centers of excellence, and more)
- Active tech communities with regular knowledge sharing
- Education reimbursement
- Memorable anniversary presents
- Corporate events and team buildings
- Other location-specific benefits
*not applicable for freelancers
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