Narrative Designer (Contract)

InXile Entertainment is looking for a talented, motivated Narrative Designer for a next-generation role-playing game. Working directly with the Lead Narrative Designer and other project stakeholders, the ideal candidate will be a passionate and creative innovator with experience working across multiple departments to build dynamic, reactive quest and narrative content. This is a rare opportunity to participate in creating an immersive and compelling role-playing game with some of the industry’s most well-known game-makers and storytellers. 

Responsibilities

• Creative ideation and iteration, creating rich and flavorful characters and quests
• Creating structures and writing conversations in our branching dialog tool
• Owning and updating the narrative documentation for the game
• Testing and iterating on narrative content for quality and flow
• Aiding in in-studio voice recording and mocap sessions

Requirements

• At least 2-3 years’ experience working in narrative design or writing
• Shipped a title with branching dialogs and/or non-linear storytelling
• Strong dialog writing skills
• Experience with branching dialog tools (e.g. Twine, articy:draft, or in-house equivalents)
• Broad knowledge of RPGs and other story-driven games

Pluses

• Experience with in-studio voice recording sessions
• Experience with in-engine implementation
• Familiarity with the Unreal Engine