Overview

Arkane Austin is looking for an experienced Narrative Designer to contribute to story development and help integrate narrative assets using our custom tools.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the design of narrative systems supporting the creative intentions
• Write attractive and easy-to-use narrative documentation for the whole team, and be a reliable and pro-active source of information
• Write and implement dialogues and in-game texts in collaboration with the external writers and the narrative director
• Help script some dynamic content (barks, branching dialogues, etc.)
• Provide feedback on tools and technology to improve our narrative workflow
• Work with level designers, systems designers, UI designers, programmers, and external writers on in-game texts (keeping them up to date, adapting to changes, etc.)
• Work closely with localization team (providing information for translators, import/export of strings, fixing formatting and language-related bugs, etc.)
• Frequently test the game to ensure its narrative consistency and that the narrative goals are met

Qualifications

• Experience creating, designing, and writing for released games (of any scope, commercial or personal) with a strong narrative component
• Experience with narrative tools (including Twine or other free-to-use narrative software)
• Demonstrable skills in world building, character creation, narrative arc design, dialog writing (portfolio submission required)
• Ability to quickly learn new tools and workflows
• Good communication and writing skills
• Good organizational skills.
• Familiarity with the constraints of Immersive Simulations and Action-Adventure games
• Ability to adapt quickly to design changes and iterations