Heading into 2026, I'm still looking for fulltime or contract work as a senior writer or narrative designer. If you need someone who can write sharp characters, poetic prose, and emotional stories, I'm available! You can find my portfolio here: www.hazelmonforton.com

I never got to personally meet him but you can tell from how he ran the studio and our studio meetings that he was a great guy and cared for our teams and the games we were making. This is such a devastating loss and my heart aches for his family and friends. 😢

closing out 2025

Our December Playtest goes live tomorrow!! Please sign up and spread the word to your fighting game and roguelike-playing friends! store.steampowered.com/app/3977340/... Thank you!

absolutely heartbroken to announce that i was part of the crystal layoffs today 💔 if y’all spot any openings for a soft, dedicated, smiley games writer — please send them my way 💫 i was on the most perfect narrative team on an exciting, ambitious project. i will cherish it all forever. 💖

Narrative Designers, do you want to work on "a multiplayer game set in The Witcher universe"? And with one of the kindest, friendliest teams I've ever met? Then this job's for you #games #gamedev #CDPR www.cdprojektred.com/en/jobs/2064...

OPPORTUNITY - Respawn - Narrative Design Intern Unaffiliated. Shares Welcome hitmarker.net/jobs/respawn...

Narrative role? Intern level? On Star Wars? In this economy?

We’re looking for a Narrative Design Intern for this summer to come help us work on Star Wars: Jedi! www.respawn.com/careers/narr...

September 30 / October 1

Today is my last day at Blizzard! Working with the World of Warcraft team has been such a fun, positive experience. I can't wait for players to see what we made together. Now I'm looking for my next role in games, full time or contract, indie or AAA. You can check out my portfolio on my website! 🖤

My contract with Blizzard ends in one month. I'm still looking for a fulltime role as a senior writer or narrative designer! If you need someone who can write poetic prose, emotive dialogue, and sharp stories, I'm here. ✨

It's my absolute pleasure to present to you our labor of love: Poly Fighter! We are HeartLoop Games! ♥

Hi! I was laid off from Firaxis this morning. I wrote leaders and civs for Civilization VII (NDA for now) and Deadpool and Storm for Marvel's Midnight Suns. I also wrote the award-nominated Hindsight. I'm available for full time, remote work starting ASAP. DMs are open: emmkid.info

It's hard to overstate how much loss the game industry is experiencing right now in terms of talent, passion, and expertise.

Alright I need some help people... Do I know any good music composers of Arabic origin with roots in making Arabic folk music like dabkeh?

Dead Take. 31 July, 2025. Starring: Ben Starr @benstarr.bsky.social Neil Newbon @neilnewbon.bsky.social Jane Perry Alanah Pearce @charalanahzard.bsky.social youtu.be/aXhJB9ICvfc

"The layers upon layers of storytelling contained in a game that, on the surface, involves simply removal of fungus from a space station, is what makes Ambrosia Sky so interesting." brb, sobbing

Announcing our debut title... Ambrosia Sky. 🪐 Amongst the asteroids of Saturn lies your home, and a mystery that demands to be solved. Clean the contamination, lay the dead to rest, and find her. store.steampowered.com/app/3580160

surreal, so hekki surreal

As always, if you're a narrative dev LFW and would like eyes on a resume, cover letter, or portfolio, or I can put in a good word for you somewhere, lmk. Or if you want to chat/ask questions about UVW-CWA, please hmu. We have to look out for each other out here, because my god.

Super cool and normal that the white woman superhero game and the black man superhero game got cancelled the same year.

for reasons completely unrelated to current industry news i am re upping this ny****s article www.nytimes.com/2021/03/11/m...

So yeah, surprise! I'm opening a Bookstore + Game Store. Donate to our Kofi: ko-fi.com/thesecretlan... Buy some Books+ ebooks: www.thesecretlantern.com/shop-online Buy some Audiobooks: www.thesecretlantern.com/audiobooks Sign up for updates. Every little bit helps. www.thesecretlantern.com

deadline.com/2025/05/sout... Got to talk to Destiny Jackson about South of Midnight a bit, my first video game, and some of my inspirations as we wrote the game. :)

My long-held stance about gamedev is that "juniors will run circles around the entire industry if merely given the chance." Either help lift them up or get out of the way!!!

I'm getting more sad about getting laid off. My work means so much to me. I'm a really good reporter. I've been getting scoops every single week lately, while also doing in-depth, award-winning reporting. I have good ideas! New email: [email protected] www.polygon.com/23776996/bar...

"Venba" is a narrative cooking game allowing players to take on the role of an Indian mother navigating her immigrant experience in Canada while reconnecting with her cultural roots through food. #Venba is a #PeabodyNominee. ✨ peabodyawards.com/award-profil...

Respawn friends - CDPR is hiring: www.cdprojektred.com/en/jobs

A chunk of my GDC talk was about leaning into and writing the weird thing. Expedition 33 does this so beautifully from world building to individual lines of dialogue, and to great effect. You can tell the instincts of the creative team were trusted. When you trust your writers, you really get gold.

*taps mic* Just want to say that Ryan Coogler is not the “Black [Insert White Director Here]” He is Ryan Coogler. Respect him and his craft.

I’m so excited to introduce a new game: Seasonala Cemetery – explore the serene beauty of an urban cemetery and see how it changes in real-time with the time of day and seasons. A completely free game coming soon to Windows/Mac Wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/3272690/Seasonala_Cemetery/

VETERAN NARRATIVE DESIGNER/GAME WRITER IN DESPERATE NEED OF A JOB - Almost 20 years experience - Original writer/ND for mobile hit Lily’s Garden - Worked with big IPs like World of Warcraft, Marvel, DC - Experience with mobile, console, and PC Please, please, please help me. I am out of time.

Eid Mubarak! This Ramadan was the first time in 3 years I fasted (due to pregnancy/breastfeeding), so it was rough but I’m happy I got to accomplish more spiritually this year. I managed to do all my prayers this month (with a toddler) and I’m proud of myself for that! Inshallah I can keep this up 🙏

Joel gave a lovely interview about what our studio, Soft Rains, and how we've been working for the past two years www.gamesradar.com/games/there-...

before gdc ends, here’s #WhatAGameDevLooksLike 💖 i’m belinda!! a filipina-american writer/narrative designer, currently at crystal dynamics with the best team i could ever ask for 🩵 things i love: stickers, fountain pens, sad movies, fruit snacks, big sweaters, cats, and fighting for diversity 💜

I'm Jordan, a UI/UX Director working on Star Wars. I forgot I booked a room with a Cyber Terrace for GDC, I didn't start gamedev until I was 35, I'm non-binary, half-Dutch and half-Taiwanese, leave all my colors in my work instead of my outfits, but most importantly I'm #WhatAGameDevLooksLike

This is HUGE news. This isn't a ESRB system or a legal mandate to make standard accessibility guidelines. This is unified accessibility tags initiative on storefronts to make it much simpler to identify a game to a disabled player that has the type of accessibility they may need. LOVE IT!!

Thursday 3/20 2:30pm I’ll be speaking at @officialgdc.bsky.social in SF! My talk is called “Comedy & Games: The How’s, Why’s and Huhs?” and if you don’t like that, there will also be funny animal gifs. #gdc2025 #gamewriting #apexlegends #gamedev #narrativewriting #comedywriting

Finally after years of waiting feel like I've hit a point where I can do this! I'm Husban, go by 'Mcdoogleh' as well and I'm an Indie Game Developer from the UK that's been working on Rogue Eclipse for the past several years, a game where you go Zoom Zoom and Pew Pew! #WhatAGameDevLooksLike

ABSOLUTELY THIS

In case you didn't catch it at the GDCAs: HIRE A GAME WRITER 💖 Thank you so much @alexaray.bsky.social for reaching out to me to write/lead this silly little skit about a very personal topic (and get to bust out my Sarah McLachlan impression). youtu.be/ThEdG0UN9QM

I'm really rooting for NEARstudios and Hawthorn. The game is special, and it's a team of ex-triple-A devs trying to make their dream game without the big-billboard creative leadership that usually lands funders. Their journey also tells us more about the return to Kickstarter we're seeing of late.

Hello, folks! I wanted to take a moment as I'm preparing to head out to GDC to re-introduce myself. I'm isaac. I'm a Writer and Narrative Designer.

There hasn't been a single game in my life where I've thought, "Man I wish could ask this NPC absolutely anything I want and they'd respond." Even if I had, it'd be novel for about 2 minutes. I'll take 50 handcrafted lines from an actual writer than 1 million from a glorified chat bot any day.

Game writers! If you were laid off, @marykwrites.bsky.social @alexmakesstuffup.bsky.social & I want to help out with portfolio, sample, or resume reviews. Just respond to this post with a number between 1 & 1000 and we'll select a few folks for a review. For free, obv.

I didn’t expect to see a recipe from fellow game devs on my feed but I’m happy I did for today’s lunch. Thanks for the recipe tip @hazelmonforton.com! ✨ Def feels like an oppai mousepad 😂