UK game Narrative
A starter pack for folks working and/or creating in or with the UK game narrative scene. This is a very rough non exhaustive list. Message me to be added or removed.
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@rebeccamwrites.bsky.social
@cassycornish.bsky.social
Junior Narrative Designer @ Meteor Pixel, formerly on Until Dawn 2024. Big fan of games, especially with tough girlies 💪👱♀️ My views are my own. 〓〓 Cornwall, UK https://linktr.ee/cassycornish
@glowfroggames.bsky.social
Indie games team making Pieced Together. Wishlist >> https://store.steampowered.com/app/2891370/Pieced_Together/
@gavininglis.bsky.social
Writer. Spoken word guy. MC. Game creator and enthusiast. Into code, type, maps, music, magic and architecture. http://www.gavininglis.com/
@lilprincesays.com
They/Them/Thon #Author, scriptwriter, podcaster & games writer Co-host of I'm A Fan Of That Podcast General Purpose Muppet New book "A History of Fans and Fandom" Represented by Past Preservers www.hollyswinyard.com Short stories #ollyfic
@mcdoogleh.bsky.social
Game Developer/Electromagician/Cat Master 😹 Epic Megagrant 2022 Recipient BAFTAConnect 22/23/24 IGDA Foundation Next-Gen Leader 2022 Currently working on Rogue Eclipse! Wishlist Here! https://bit.ly/4bRLumD Views expressed here are my own 👍
@yourkyotowife.bsky.social
Games writer, narrative designer. Now: Please give work Then: Wax Heads🎵😍Mythwrecked🏖, Oddsparks🌟, Mars Vice🌌 Used to write about games before. Mad for pro cycling, narrative games, Kyoto
@carrietalbot.com
Announcing something exciting soon 👀 | Game Writer @ Small Loan Studio | ✨The Ouroboros Express (Steam)✨ | Portfolio: https://carrietalbot.com | Iorveth's #1 fan 🌿 | Former news editor @ PCGamesN | Words also @ GamesRadar; Wargamer
@funambulism.com
Narratives, games & philosophies. Art. Currently: Min/Max, ???, Tides of Tomorrow. Previously: ???, ZEPHON, Nightingale, RimWorld, Total War: Warhammer III, Endless Dungeon, Warhammer 40,000: Gladius, Absolver, Quote, books, mags, photos... Funambulism.com
@mckkirk.bsky.social
Microplastics, they’re fantastic. Content Director. Consultancy, mock reviews. Did some writing for a video game called The Axis Unseen.
@mikebithell.bsky.social
Director of video games. Currently TRON: Catalyst, previously Thomas Was Alone, Subsurface Circular etc etc
@jodieazhar.bsky.social
Technical Art Director -> Solo Indie Game Developer @ Teazelcat Games making a wholesome, magical, narrative game GameDev; Freelance Technical Artist; ex-AAA Ex-Total War, now total aw💕 BAFTA Breakthrough Gardener; bibliophile; flautist 🏳️🌈🇬🇧
@vickitingle.bsky.social
one half of canteen @canteen.bsky.social developer of corponation http://bit.ly/CorpoNation solitaire aficionado she/her
@canteen.bsky.social
Brighton-based indie games studio. http://canteen.games https://linktr.ee/CanteenGames
@keycompassgames.bsky.social
Greetings Traveller!🧙♂️ Welcome to the Key Compass Inn 🕯️ Where games are made & stories are shared 🎭 Safe Journey🙏 Wishlist - The Void Between 👇 https://store.steampowered.com/app/2678440/The_Void_Between/ www.KeyCompassGames.com #gamedev #film
@krunchyfriedgames.bsky.social
Manchester indie dev team making quirky story-based games. Tweets (or whatever they're called now) by Dom. 🎮🖋️🇬🇧 Five Day Detective Demo🕵️: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2582400/Five_Day_Detective/ https://linktr.ee/krunchyfriedgames
@larabarbier.bsky.social
Writer |#TorcAward Winner & #Imison Runner-up | Rep Emily Smith @ The Agency | She/Her
@josephriches.bsky.social
Technical Director / Co-Founder of Robust Games, we made Loco Motive - A murder mystery point & click adventure game!🚂💨 🗡️ Available Now: bit.ly/LocoMotiveSteam
@robustgames.bsky.social
🎮 British indie game studio run by two brothers, @supernorn.bsky.social & @josephriches.bsky.social. Developers of Loco Motive - A murder mystery point & click adventure game!🚂💨 Buy Now! ➡️ s.team/a/1709880
@benchkf.bsky.social
Currently-freelance Narrative Designer looking for a new role. I do names & flavour text for Magic the Gathering and Disney Lorcana. BAFTA Connect member.
@emloha.bsky.social
Concept Artist / Illustrator for Film, TV & Games Currently: Freelance @ Supermassive Games on Little Nightmares 3 ✨ Open to work Ex-ILM | Marvel | Netflix | Intermission Film | www.instagram.com/emloha www.emloha.artstation.com https://linktr.ee/emloha
@justin.gamedatacore.com
Co-Founder, CEO, Product Manager & System Architect @GameDataCore - The De-Risking & Data Intelligence Toolbox for the Games Industry - Launching Soon! #GameDev #IndieDev
@dreamharvest.co.uk
#Indiedev / #GameDev building genre-defying, narrative-rich strategic experiences influenced by board games. Lovers of strong coffee and late nights. Join us on discord at https://bit.ly/4fpoeOE
@brainbirdo.bsky.social
Narrative and Game Designer | Writer @thepatchmag.bsky.social | Working on personal projects ✨ (she/her) https://www.bethanyrainbird.co.uk/
@brendanford.bsky.social
Senior Narrative Designer @Ubisoft | Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora | Prev. @RareLtd on 'Everwild', @SuspectsMobileDevices | He/Him | Views my own.
@destiny-smasher.bsky.social
Desma; she/they; Lvl 30+⚡;💜mollifiable; Narrative Designer/Writer/Indie Dev 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍉❤️🩹; 🇺🇸➡️🇬🇧 (immigrant) Currently: #Nemona / #Penny fanfic ⭐️🍊; freelance work; surviving Pfp/banner by su1zide & stellaofastra Tags: #DesmaWrites
@jamielevitt.bsky.social
American Psycho understander. Narrative Designer and Writer - UK - Freelance Prev - Gamma Minus, Playstation Manchester jamielevitt.co.uk
@kiddesimo.bsky.social
Producer & creator of entertainment stuff. I'm the deputy chair of the BAFTA Games committee and a founding member of the diversity and inclusion movement POC in Play. I'm also part of the customer success team at Unity.
@marysuegames.bsky.social
I'm Maria, she/her, ancient, indie #vndev. 🌻 Romcoms are my life blood. Working on a new, ✨secret✨ project 👀 You can find my stuff @ marysuegames.carrd.co #cupidskiss #lordofthewingsvn
@callangstroth.bsky.social
Dyslexic Lead Quest Designer @ Double Eleven. Narrative Design, Game Design, and gamer of all kinds. View/Ops my own. He/They
@limeyotoko.bsky.social
Writer. Creative Director at Hologram Ghost. Editor at MCV/DEVELOP. Did comics for Doctor Who and The Beano. I really like tokusatsu, video games and Star Trek. Expect a lot of that. 🖖🏻 ビンス・ペイビー。私は日本語の学生です。日本語OK!
@spacecolonystudios.bsky.social
🚀 Indie Welsh developers. Award winning VN/Graphic Adventure 'Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog' out now on Steam, PlayStation and Switch! 🚀 https://ko-fi.com/spacecolonystudios https://store.steampowered.com/app/2118420/ https://discord.gg/jWutduNPce
@kylierobison.com
nothing is real, you are dreaming, this is not a trash can, i’m an AI reporter for wired.com my two accomplishments here are that i invited AOC and i started the first-ever Hellthread http://kyliebytes.com • sf
@clubcottongames.com
I make games. Here is one of them: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2663840/An_Aisling/
@bunnyhug.games
We are a tiny studio that made Moonglow Bay 🎣 We can't wait for you to play what we are making next! http://bunnyhug.games
@voxels.ca
Voxel Art and Animation 🐟 Co-founder/Creative Director/Goblin @bunnyhug.games 🐰 Made Moonglow Bay and many other things Voxel Art Teacher 👨🏫: https://voxels.ca/ Bi 🏳️🌈 he/they EN/FR/PT-BR
@trashrats.bsky.social
Glaswegian "game dev" working on a narrative adventure game "All That Lives"
@mothshaped.bsky.social
Word person & narrative designer 🪰❤️🔥 ✶ Currently: game writer at Mad Head, previously: ND at Fishlabs ✶ Queer, they/them ➤ mariannecassidy.com
@starkholborn.bsky.social
Author of the Factus Sequence, Nunslinger & Triggernometry. Games writer on Shadows of Doubt and Cloudpunk follow-up Nivalis. Visiting Lecturer in Narrative at Glasgow School of Art 🏳️🌈 https://linktr.ee/starkholborn
@calmdowntom.bsky.social
Thomas Welsh. Author of the Metiks Fade trilogy. Lead writer and narrative designer on Nivalis, Best Served Cold, more. I wrote Cloudpunk. Nonbinary. Likes finery. He/Him.
@readgraves.com
“Developer, lecturer, and potential entry-level sociopath.” - Forbes 16+ years Indie Dev. 30 Under 30. He/Him. 🇬🇧 Writing Horror and making Party Games. Trolley Problem Inc, Gang Beasts, Mainlining, Dream. ReadGraves.com
@starboihooch.bsky.social
Indie solo gamedev. (he/him) Wishlist Berry Berry Festival on Steam! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3229520/Berry_Berry_Festival/?utm_source=bsky
@calligramstudio.com
Writer/designer of arthouse games @Calligram Studio • Herman Melville Award loser • Working on project #2 • Phoenix Springs is out now: ❤️ s.team/a/1973310 🐈 www.calligramstudio.com
@thebarse.bsky.social
Senior Writer and Editor at Failbetter Games. Art creature. Half-asleep. I don't hate you, my face just looks like that. They/Them.
@writingstudio.bsky.social
Degenerate freelancer. Narrative test pilot. Senior Narrative Designer at inXile. Previously provided interactive words for Wallace & Gromit, Sherlock, Need for Speed, a bit of Star Wars and a lot of other games. 🔀davidvarela.com
@danwhitehead.net
Writer for books, comics, TV and games. Worked on Star Wars, Looney Tunes, LOTR, and more. Ella Upgraded, Hex Loader, Frankenstein Texas, Speccy Nation, Blondie (Z2), Terrahawks (Time Bomb), Minecraft (HarperCollins) Find my stuff here: danwhitehead.net
@dannysw.bsky.social
Friend to birds & other animals. Vegan against fascism. Lead Narrative Designer @ my.games on [???] - 10+ years making stuff: Harold Halibut, Röki, Dying Light 2 + more Subscribe to my Narrative Design substack: https://narrativedesignlife.substack.com
@kaizengameworks.com
⛩️ Out Now: PROMISE MASCOT AGENCY プロミス・マスコットエージェンシー 💗 Previously: PARADISE KILLER パラダイスキラー A UK based indie game studio, born in Paradise.
@kylewbanks.com
🎮 Game Developer 🐺 Made Farewell North 🍿 Occasional YouTuber 🏴 Scotland ❤️ https://farewell-north.com/links
@interiornight.com
Independent game studio, creators of original multiplayer interactive drama As Dusk Falls. As Dusk Falls is available on Windows, Xbox & PlayStation.
@sophiewalker.bsky.social
Game Dev 🎮 Junior Narrative Designer Writer • Guitar shredder • TTRPG and MtG player • fantasy lover https://www.sophieswrittenworld.com/
@ellesillitoe.bsky.social
♡ game writer and narrative designer ♡ working on Sea of Thieves @ Rare https://ellesillitoe.com
@jemalexander.bsky.social
Video games and TTRPG writer/narrative designer. UX writer. Improviser. Forever GM. Immersive narratives. Neurospicy. He/Him. 🏳️🌈 Currently working with Mojang and Sketchbook Games. Portfolio: https://www.clippings.me/jemalexander
@cptnbeatrush.bsky.social
✏️ Lead Writer, Voice/Casting Director, CM Lead @ Firefly Studios 🦄Scottish ✨Develop, EGX, Indie IMPACT Speaker 💜BAFTA member 🎓Limit Break Mentor
@mattfrith.bsky.social
| Pixel Artist | Animator | Games Designer | Capybara | | Feria d'Arles | The Drifter | Theropods | Vampire Survivors | More! | Wanderer No AI/NFT mattfrith.com Based in Southern England
@murraywrites.bsky.social
Narrative Director at Vesper. Writer, narrative designer, old game enthusiast. Previously at Mediatonic / Epic Games. Worked on Fall Guys, Murder By Numbers, PC Building Simulator + more!
@nikkijay.games
Hi I'm Nikki, a massive lesbian (figuratively and literally) making gay stuff. If you like queer led narrative driven games, check out Quantum Witch and maybe give it a wishlist! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3100650/Quantum_Witch/
@newjorg.bsky.social
Game and Filmmaker | CEO/Founder, @RapidEyeMovers.bsky.social | directed @csmashvrs.bsky.social, co-hosting Directional podcast | directed/wrote The Last Worker & SKEW, producing A Winter's Journey (Sony Pics Classics) https://linktr.ee/jorgtittel
@tomhughesdesign.bsky.social
Lead Narrative Designer at Great Ape Games | Prev. Senior Games Designer at Supermassive Games | Beard Enthusiast | Views my own | He/Him
@ptrtlrwrts.bsky.social
39, he/him 👨 Narrative Designer for Sports Interactive on #FM26 🎮 IWGB & Lib Dem member ✊🔶 D&D player 🎲 First novel writer 📖 Forest of Dean dweller 🌳 My ramblings are purely my own, etc. Narrative Design blog: https://ptrtlrwrts.wordpress.com/
@oneofmoo.bsky.social
Making Mythmatch - Play the Demo on Steam! Previously worked on Knights and Bikes, Subsurface Circular, LittleBigPlanet, and Ratchet & Clank. Wishlist Mythmatch on Steam: s.team/a/1778050
@archosaur.bsky.social
Narrative Designer @ Fuse Games (prev Firesprite, Soma) // also writing a novel about love & loneliness || (she/they)+human linktr.ee/archosaur_
@timegentleman.bsky.social
video game writer & designer || he/him https://benward.xyz || https://discord.gg/sizefive avatar by @michaelfirman.bsky.social
@bchezza.bsky.social
#GameDev with @greyalien.bsky.social at Grey Alien Games. Creator: Ancient Enemy; Shadowhand; Regency Solitaire. Writer: Going Medieval & more…https://greyaliengames.com/blog/writing-editing/
@shimmerglitch.bsky.social
✨Asterism, an interactive music video game, out now!✨ Steam -> store.steampowered.com/app/2187450 Itch -> shimmerwitch.itch.io/asterism Bandcamp -> shimmerglitch.bandcamp.com 3-Fold Games co-founder @biomecollective.bsky.social member shimmerwitch.space
@elskwhite.bsky.social
I make games at spiderlilystudios.itch.io and I write tutorials for GameMaker, but more importantly I love my cat Tilly. Retrace, Schrodinger's Catgirl, Cabernet. 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 ♿️ he/him
@dreadpiratekhan.bsky.social
Looking for my next opportunity ☆ GDC speaker 2025 & 2019 ☆ Dead Island 2, Gears: Tactics, LotRO, f2p games ☆ sasspot, ethnic mutt, tired, bi, adhd, she/her ☆ back on my Tumblr word nerditry as jetsetnarrative
@gkr.bsky.social
I voiced a giant alien slug and then I won a BAFTA but those two things are unrelated // Creative Director, Longdue Games ex-Sweet Baby, ex-Splash Damage, ex-Rocksteady, ex-Bungie, ex-E-Line, ex-Z2, ex-Amazing Society, ex-Gas Powered Games, ex-Legend
@soundswilde.bsky.social
Director • Casting Director • #TheFirstDescendant #Valorant #BaldursGate3 #ShashaAndMilo #SplinterCellDeathwatch #TheQuietThings #CallOfDuty • Dialogue Producer • Games + Animation + Sound Design • #BAFTABreakthrough • Kiwi • She/Her www.soundswilde.com
@writersguildgb.bsky.social
The UK trade union for writers in TV, film, theatre, audio, books, poetry, comedy, animation and videogames Join us! www.writersguild.org.uk
@gilesarmstrong.bsky.social
Award-nominated Game Writer; Narrative Director at Wushu Studios. Prev: Assassin's Creed Mirage; Horizon Forbidden West; Guardians of the Galaxy; Destruction AllStars; + *many* more. BAFTA member, juror; BAFTA Games Committee member. Views my own. He/him.
@adventurex.bsky.social
AdventureX brings together devs & gamers with a passion for interactive storytelling. AdventureX 2024 supported by Application Systems Heidelberg and Articy.
@cloakanddaggerg.bsky.social
Making indie adventure games! BAFTA longlisted studio. The Excavation of Hob's Barrow is out now! https://linktr.ee/cloakanddaggergames
@sallybeaumont.bsky.social
British VA with a broadcast quality studio Fia Quinn, Old Skies | Hob’s Barrow | Harold Halibut | Dread Delusion | Loco Motive | Scholomatch Game writer: Venture to the Vile, Old Skies She/Her 😷 Representation: Voicefox.co.uk www.SallyBeaumont.com
@edstern.bsky.social
Basic Prog Brit Woke Remoaner Centrist Dad. He/Him, Bi, ADHD, the usual. Narrative Design video games. Available for hire: https://www.sternword.co.uk/
@edfear.co.uk
Big gay. He/him. Game director, writer & narrative designer, ex-Mediatonic/Epic. Prev: Murder by Numbers, Hatoful Boyfriend, Heavenstrike Rivals, The Swords of Ditto, many more. LGB with the T🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️. ゲームディレクターやシナリオライター パズル探偵スカウトなど。日本語OK!
@coreybrotherson.bsky.social
Award-winning writer / editor / narrative designer: Windrush Tales; Clockwork Watch; Butterfly Books; Magic of Myths; Deadlier Than; PlayStation; Apple; Rewriting Earth; Tales of Kenzera Zau; BAFTA. Rep: Anna Dixon at YMU. 🌐 coreybrotherson.com
@inkle.co
Independent developer of narrative games; creators of ink. A Highland Song, Forever Labyrinth, Overboard, Heaven's Vault, 80 Days, Sorcery! and Pendragon. EXPELLED! launches March 12th 🔗 inkle.co
@joe.inkle.co
Co-founder of @inkle.co, narrative game studio. ⛰️ A Highland Song 🚢 Overboard! & Expelled! 🕌 Heaven’s Vault 🌍 80 Days 🖋️ ink 📱 Apps @ https://Selkie.Design 🦭 🏴🇩🇪
@abki.bsky.social
Art Director & 3D Environment Artist @kaizengameworks.com: 💗 PARADISE KILLER - 2020 『パラダイスキラー』 🛻 PROMISE MASCOT AGENCY - 2025 『プロミス・マスコットエージェンシー』 Previously worked on Battlefield, Fable, Somerville and more. 📌 Guildford, UK https://linktr.ee/rachelnoy
@supernorn.bsky.social
Artist, Writer, Director / Co-Founder of @robustgames.bsky.social. Co-Created Loco Motive with @josephriches.bsky.social 🚂💨 🗡️ Purchase: s.team/a/1709880
@victorojuel.org
👶Dad 🎮Senior Narrative Designer 🕵♀️ #ProjectShamus detective game 🎓 Lecturer @ESAT 🎖Previously: Coloratura, Riot Forge, Temtem, Relicta, Altered Alma, Wildermyth... 🇬🇧 Writers Guild of GB 🤷🏻♂️ he/him 🖥️ victorojuel.org 👉 LOOKING FOR NEW PROJECTS!
@jumpovertheage.com
Writer, game designer, artist | Creator of Citizen Sleeper series + In Other Waters | editor Heterotopias | IndieCade, GDCA winner | BAFTA, IGF, DICE, nominee | Poetics PhD | they/them | Jumpovertheage.com
@sfbdim.bsky.social
creative director/writer of Crow Country, The Mermaid Mask, Tangle Tower, Snipperclips, Haunt the House. SFB Games w/@sfbtom.bsky.social Adam@SFBGames.com
@shaunaitcheson.bsky.social
Indie adventure game developer - created The Excavation of Hob's Barrow, Sumatra: Fate of Yandi, Football Game and more, with Cloak and Dagger Games (cloakanddaggerg.bsky.social) UK based/NZ born. Folk horror nut. https://linktr.ee/cloakanddaggergames
@hpowellsmith.bsky.social
Narrative design // Honor Bound, Royal Affairs, Noblesse Oblige, Crème de la Crème, Blood Money from Choice of Games // King of the Castle, Love Island, Fallen London // they/them // hpowellsmith.com
@petestewart.bsky.social
Senior Writer @ Respawn - Star Wars Jedi: Survivor | Formerly Creative Assembly | Your FFXIV Friend | Views Mine | He/Him 🏳️🌈
@chellaramanan.bsky.social
I make games. Sr Narrative Designer at Massive Entertainment #AvatarFrontiersofPandora Co-director @ 3-Fold Games on Before I Forget, WindrushTales. BAFTA member. Former games journo. Brit Caribbean living in Sweden who loves books and films.
@gregbuchananwriter.com
Bestselling Novelist. Writer of award-winning video games. Freelance Narrative Designer. Improv & TTRPGs NO MAN'S SKY | SIXTEEN HORSES | DARK SOULS | 25+ AAA/VR/indie collabs, inc. PlayStation, Supermassive & Activision Blizzard gregbuchanangames.com
@jon.inkle.co
Narrative @inkle.co he/him Writer: EXPELLED! / A Highland Song / Heaven's Vault / Overboard! / Over the Alps / Sorcery! / 80 Days. ink co-creator. “Life doesn't always work out like it's s'posed t' / Like bread doesn't pop when you watch the toaster"
@englishscribe.bsky.social
Narrative Wrangler-Videogames, TV, theatre, and beyond. Techland - Horizon Forbidden West - HorizonCalloftheMountain - Prince of Persia - Fable. Views my own. He/him. www.andrewwalsh.com
@kinmoku.bsky.social
Independent Game Developer – Made One Night Stand and VIDEOVERSE | IGF | Indie Cup | Previous EA Chillingo | Brit residing in Germany | Invisibly disabled | She/They 🖤🩶🤍💜 www.kinmoku.games
@headwaregames.bsky.social
Creator of Hollowbody, Chasing Static & Guard Duty. www.headwaregames.com
@hannahnicklin.bsky.social
Writing, game & narrative design. Used to be a performance maker. Race bikes on occasion. Currently contract: story person at Night School. Previously Creative Director at gutefabrik.com. Author of writingfor.games. PhD in play as anti capitalist practice.
@caraellison.bsky.social
She/her. Scottish, based in Scotland, writes, designs & helps make games. BAFTA mentor & AIAS peer. Ask me for a consult/writing help any time. https://linktr.ee/caraellison
@hollynielsen.bsky.social
Historian of play | AHRC funded PhD on board games & play c.1860-1939 | Game developer | Writer & narrative designer Repped by Will Francis at Janklow & Nesbit she/her
@rhi.bsky.social
Writer of games, books, TV, film and comics. Co-Director of Narrativia. Cat Spooner. Flibbertigibbet. https://rhiannapratchett.com