Narrative designer and writer
Alisa Lokalova
Wanted! Paid, to apply: a job.
Looking for an eely guy - a job. Lives somewhere in the area of game development, is known as "Narrative Designer"
Looking for an eely guy - a job. Lives somewhere in the area of game development, is known as "Narrative Designer"
As a Narrative Designer or Editor I can:
- Think over any stories to a tee: detectives, science fiction, fantasy, love stories, etc.
- Create universes and elaborate lore.
- Invent unforgettable characters.
- Design the tightest plots and tickle the senses.
- Think over any stories to a tee: detectives, science fiction, fantasy, love stories, etc.
- Create universes and elaborate lore.
- Invent unforgettable characters.
- Design the tightest plots and tickle the senses.
- Describe game mechanics and adjust the plot to them.
- Find the clearest and brightest references and compose ultimately understandable TDAs for artist and game designers.
- Write a catchy fictional text in English or Russian.
- Pitch ideas and screen plays in an author's room.
- Generate ideas under a great pressure with a great speed.
- Love and cherish other authors.
- State the problems orally (and clearly) in time and solve them the most efficient way possible.
- Make jokes.
- Unmake jokes.
- Find the clearest and brightest references and compose ultimately understandable TDAs for artist and game designers.
- Write a catchy fictional text in English or Russian.
- Pitch ideas and screen plays in an author's room.
- Generate ideas under a great pressure with a great speed.
- Love and cherish other authors.
- State the problems orally (and clearly) in time and solve them the most efficient way possible.
- Make jokes.
- Unmake jokes.
Me, Alisa
Long-long ago, in a faraway land there was born a girl doomed to be a storyteller. That was me :)
My boldest aim is to become an author of the same level as Andrzej Sapkowski, George Martin or Hideo Kojima.
Tools and skills:
- Miro.- Google Spreadsheets, Google Docs (almost everything Google ever made).
- Atlassian: Confluence + Jira.
- Text editing in English/Russian.
- Writing in English/Russian, including fiction, marketing, UI snippets, documentation.
- Brainstorming.
- Team work.
- Learnability that no neuronet has ever dreamt of.
- Endless creativity that can't be suppressed by any stress!
WORKING EXPERIENCE
Game Garden (March-September 2022)
Industry: Game Development
Company website: https://game-garden.com/about/
Project: Criminal Stories
Position: Editor (Narrative Design)
Unique contribution to Criminal Stories:
Responsibilities:
Industry: Game Development
Company website: https://game-garden.com/about/
Project: Criminal Stories
Position: Editor (Narrative Design)
Unique contribution to Criminal Stories:
- Created one of the flagship visual novel episodes with the team from scratch.
- Generated more than 20 episode ideas under emotional pressure in the shortest time (deadline status: “was urgent yesterday”).
- Provided onboarding and released scripts of 7 authors.
- Elaborated the additional commercial content concepts (dates scripts).
Responsibilities:
- Creating plots, characters, plot forks. Writing scripts in English and Russian.
- Full script producing pipeline from concept to final editing.
- Paid choices (monetization), minigames design, creating investigation concepts as a game mechanic, setting TDAs for game designers and artists.
- Communication with foreign authors.
- Ideas pitching (author’s room).
- Preparing marketing content (advertising creative scripts, game items description, mottos).
Fox Hustle (August 2021-now, part-time)
Company website: foxhustle.ru
Industry: Social Network, cryptocurrency, entertainment (Game Development)
Project: What Miller City hides
Position: Lead Narrative Designer and Author
Contribution:
Responsibilities:
Company website: foxhustle.ru
Industry: Social Network, cryptocurrency, entertainment (Game Development)
Project: What Miller City hides
Position: Lead Narrative Designer and Author
Contribution:
- Created a visual novel screenplay “What Miller City hides” from scratch.
- Elaborated plot forks and 4 endings within 4 working days.
- Set TDAs for the UI/UX designer and artists.
- Created the event sequence in Miro.
Responsibilities:
- Full script producing pipeline from concept to final editing.
- Setting TDAs.
- Communication with artists and designers.
