Game Writing

The more I’ve learned about game writing the more it reminds me of my favourite parts of product copywriting. From creating flexible ideas that can be easily moulded around a finished product to knowing how to say the same thing dozens of times without repeating yourself, it’s the stuff I live for. Recently, I followed the Pixelles Writing Portfolio Program to guide putting together some coherent examples of what I can do. Both the character design sheet and the cinematic are built for a work-in-progress Twine game that is a fan work of Fallout: New Vegas.

Character Design Sheet

Lupe Vega: party member/possible ally. Contains outline of character behaviour, appearance and motivation, with a short table of barks.

Download character design sheet PDF

Cinematic

Download storyboard PDF

Download script-only PDF

Title of document: Action RPG Cinematic, Montage of 2D Art, Gold For A Tyrant intro. A series of images on the left with voiceover narration on the right. PLATE ONE description: A barren, yellow-skied desert, weathered rock and packed dirt making little room for the scrub that's managed to push its way up. Plate one VOICEOVER: There wasn’t much that grew in the Wastes. Two things did seem to flourish in that poisoned desert: legends and losers. PLATE TWO description: A group of richly-dressed people laughing together as they walk past someone in worn clothes playing an instrument. A poker chip is flipped from the hand of one of the group to the mostly empty instrument case in front of the musician. Plate two VOICEOVER: But that makes sense, a hard place like that breeds nothing but extremes. The rich are very rich, the poor very poor... PLATE THREE description: A group of raiders in intimidating but cobbled-together armor holding up a caravan, weapons drawn. Plate three VOICEOVER: And those who want to enjoy what luxuries are left have to go to increasingly extreme lengths to climb the missing rungs of the ladder. PLATE FOUR description: A group of richly dressed people in the foreground walking down the street, a silhouetted figure holding a rapier ready in the background. Plate four VOICEOVER: Then there are the people who refuse to play the game. The house is rigged and they’re flipping the table. If you’ve been on enough caravans maybe you’ve heard of them.
Continued from previous image, a series of images on the left with voiceover narration on the right. PLATE FIVE description: The same silhouetted figure, holding a sparkling necklace up to the light. Plate five VOICEOVER: Folks talk as if it’s one person but that can’t be true. PLATE SIX description: A fox mask lies on the ground Plate six VOICEOVER: The Fox is an idea, not a man. It’s too many raids interrupted, too many purse strings cut, too much gossip to be the work of one. PLATE SEVEN description: A paper pinned to a wall with a knife, the brush text reading "Beware, fate comes to all who earn it -The Fox" Plate seven VOICEOVER: Although, if it is just one, then they are a legend indeed.

Text Games

Walkies

Adapting Jose Luis Borges’ La casa de Asterión, something I’ve wanted to do for a while.

A screenshot of a game, with a black and white dithered cave. A button reads "pretending I'm being followed."
A screenshot of a game, with a black and white dithered cave. Two buttons are greyed out and a torn piece of parchment reads "I knew you would like the drain."
A screenshot of a game, with a black and white dithered cave mouth. There are three buttons, vertically aligned: "The house is the world, everything is repeated many times but two things seem to be repeated only once," "above, the sun," "below, Asterion".

Play on Itch.io (free, in-browser)

Walkies

Made for the Neo-Twiney 2026 game jam, although there’s a lot of visuals it is mostly about the text, and looking around a familiar place.

A screenshot of a pixel-aesthetic game in pastel, showing a room with a door and window. Text box reads: It's nice outside, I should go on a walk.
A screenshot of a pixel-aesthetic game in pastel, looking out a window. Text box reads: What is there to even see out here.
A screenshot of a pixel-aesthetic game in pastel, looking down a street with a parked car and sunny sidewalk. Text box reads: My favourite car is parked here again!

Play on Itch.io (free, in-browser)

Scam Likely

This is a very brief game that replicates the forgettable moments, those interstitial blips in your day. There’s no winning and no losing, just different possible things to glimpse between now and a moment from now. It’s an interlude, waiting for you. The only problem is, someone is calling your phone – who does that now, anyway?

A screenshot of a text game: You look at your phone. The screen reads "Scam Likely" Three options are given: Let it ring, Press Ignore, Answer.
A screenshot of a text game: Why not, let's see where it goes - or if you can at least get yourself on a no-call list. When you answer the phone you can hear the distinct aural static of a loud space run through noise cancellation. Options are: Say nothing, Say "Hello."

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Or play on Itch.io (free, in-browser)