Narrative Designer (Game Writer)

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