Narrative Designer (Game Writer)

About this role

About Wild Fields™
Wild Fields is a Malta-based studio with deep Ukrainian roots. Founded by industry veteran Daniel Poludyonny, the studio brings together a seasoned team that’s been making games together for years at N-iX Games. Previously, the team worked on multiple games for Paradox, Supermassive Games, and Netflix, and self-published their first game, Speed Crew, in 2024.
About the project
A “roguelite” real time strategy game with city-building elements and immersive bits, in which you must manage a floating city on an ever-changing alien ocean. If you are excited about the opportunity to collaborate and grow among passionate experts — we invite you to our team!
Requirements:

• Proven experience as a Sci-Fi writer with work examples

• Design story and narrative-driven content in a productive and resultative fashion

• Creating and maintaining design documentation to communicate changes to the team

• Forward-thinking and anticipating the game's needs with a high degree of self-motivation and initiative

• Desire and ability to support Game Design team and Game Director in defining systems and structures to improve the game experience throughout the entire game, not just in the story/narrative area

• Written English (at least C1)

Responsibilities:

• Write the core narrative, lore, and world-building for the game

• Design and write dialogue

• Work closely with the Game Design team and the Game Director to integrate the storyline into the core game systems

• Playtest narrative content regularly

• Own and maintain narrative design documentation

Good to have:

• At least one shipped commercial game title is a huge plus

• Experience with Unreal Engine

• Great communication skills and a positive, can-do attitude

• Familiarity with the hard sci-fi genre, and narrative strategy games

• A portfolio containing examples of narrative work and examples of style variety is a plus

We offer*:

• Flexible working format - remote, office-based or flexible

• A competitive salary and good compensation package

• Personalized career growth

• Professional development tools (mentorship program, tech talks and trainings, centers of excellence, and more)

• Active tech communities with regular knowledge sharing

• Education reimbursement

• Memorable anniversary presents

• Corporate events and team buildings

• Other location-specific benefits

*not applicable for freelancers

Originally posted on Himalayas