We are always interested to extend our team with passionate and highly skilled people. Please also feel free to reach out with a speculative application when there is no fitting opening listed, but you feel like you belong here.  We will give you the opportunity to work on games for hardcore gamers mainly in the RTS and RPG genre!

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As a Narrative Designer, you will craft a unique and innovative campaign experience with an unforgettable story. You will utilize sight, sound, gameplay, text, and various techniques to bring your ideas to life. Collaboration with content and level design, art, and sound design teams is expected. Responsibilities include writing compelling storylines for areas and quests, creating memorable characters, developing deep lore for creatures and locations, writing in-game texts, researching classical antiquity, and working closely with the principal narrative designer for brainstorming, pitching, and feedback.

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<h4>Summary:</h4> <p data-renderer-start-pos="2138">As a Narrative Designer, you will help us craft a unique, innovative campaign experience and an unforgettable story. You will use sight, sound, gameplay, text, and every trick in the book to bring your ideas to life (knowledge of tricks that aren’t yet in the book are a plus!). You’ll also get a chance to work across disciplines and collaborate with almost all teams in the studio: content and level design, art, sound design, etc.</p>  <div class="wp-block-spacer" style="height: 20px;" aria-hidden="true">&nbsp;</div>  <h4 id="Some-of-your-responsibilities:" data-renderer-start-pos="2565">Some of your responsibilities:</h4> <ul class="ak-ul" data-indent-level="1"> <li>Write fascinating storylines for areas and quests</li> <li>Craft living, memorable characters</li> <li>Create deep lore for monsters, factions and locations</li> <li>Write all kinds of in-game texts</li> <li>Research diverse topics related to classical antiquity</li> <li>Work in close contact with the principal narrative designer: brainstorm, pitch ideas, receive and provide feedback, iterate upon concepts and designs</li> <li>Collaborate with other teams and take part in cross-department meetings</li> </ul>  <div class="wp-block-spacer" style="height: 20px;" aria-hidden="true">&nbsp;</div>  <h4 data-renderer-start-pos="3069">&nbsp;</h4> <h4 id="Desired-qualifications:" data-renderer-start-pos="3069">Desired qualifications:</h4> <ul class="ak-ul" data-indent-level="1"> <li>Professional game development experience as a Narrative Designer, Game Writer, or in another story-oriented position (exceptions are made for large and complex modding projects)</li> <li>A good sense for story and dramatic structure</li> <li>A solid grasp on the specifics of videogame narrative, and a desire to tell stories in a way only a game can</li> <li>Able to come up with innovative narrative techniques and creative ways of delivering a story beat, especially non-verbally</li> <li>Experience creating interactive dialogue</li> <li>Able to write clear, effective documentation and organize information</li> <li>Thrives in a fluid and collaborative environment</li> <li>Comfortable with giving and receiving criticism, as well as working in an iterative approach</li> <li>Good communication skills</li> <li>Excellent written and spoken English skills</li> <li>Extensive gaming experience</li> </ul>  <div class="wp-block-spacer" style="height: 20px;" aria-hidden="true">&nbsp;</div>  <h4 data-renderer-start-pos="3945">&nbsp;</h4> <h4 id="Nice-to-haves:" data-renderer-start-pos="3945">Nice-to-haves:</h4> <ul> <li>Native English skills are not required for this position, but still a plus</li> <li>Experience designing narrative tools, storytelling systems, dialogue systems, etc.</li> <li>Education in creative writing, narrative design, or related field (language and literature, psychology…)</li> <li>Knowledge of and an interest for classical antiquity</li> <li>A passion for ARPGs</li> </ul>                               <p><a class="button-gold" href="./apply?contact-reason=Grimlore%20Job%20Application:%20 Narrative Designer / Writer (m/f/d)"> APPLY NOW</a></p>

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