Palia

Singularity 6 | Narrative Designer (Events & Lore)

2022 - 2024 | PC / NINTENDO SWITCH / XBOX / PS5 / EPIC GAMES STORE / STEAM

OFFICIAL SITE
STEAM
SWITCH

Responsibilities

  • Championed narrative vision of in-game events from concept to ship for cozy sim Palia, including acclaimed Maji Market Luna New Year event (Polygon | IGN)

  • Wrote and implemented non-linear quests, dialogue, and item descriptions in Unreal Engine 5

  • Placed quest items and treasure loot in level editor

  • Scripted character animations and NPC behaviors

  • Facilitated and participated in TV style writers' rooms

  • Liaised between cross-disciplinary teams, creating quest tracking documentation utilized by QA, publishing, and more

  • Mentored and trained narrative design intern

Highlighted Accomplishments

Maji Market Luna New Year Questline

  • Concept, writing, implementation of 3 connected event quests inspired by traditional Lunar & Chinese New Year customs and traditions

  • Item descriptions for food, decor, quest items

  • NPC event-specific chats & behavior

  • Placing treasure loot & quest item spawns in event map

Subira Friendship Questline

  • Writing & implementation of 4 connected quests

  • Puzzle/riddle design

  • Placing quest item spawns and trigger boxes in event map

CREDITS

A screenshot of my name (Lauren Boc) in the credits of Palia.

A screenshot of my name (Lauren B.) in Palia’s official credits.

WORK SAMPLES

Maji Market Event Questline (Luna New Year)

Luna New Year Event Quest: Act 1 - New Year, New Wishes

- Wrote, outlined, and implemented quest

Luna New Year Event Quest: Act 2 - Wishes in the Wind

- Wrote, outlined, and implemented quest

Luna New Year Event Quest: Act 3 - A New Year to Remember

- Wrote, outlined, and implemented quest

Luna New Year Event | Treasure Chest Placement

- Applied fundamentals of game design to make value of treasure chest rewards scale in relation to difficulty of finding the chest

Subira Friendship Questline

Subira Friendship Lvl 2 Quest: Underground Affairs

- Wrote and implemented optional side quest

Subira Friendship Lvl 3 Quest: Pursuit of the Truth

- Wrote and set up riddles and clues in map

Subira Friendship Lvl 4 Quest: All in Order

- Wrote, outlined, and implemented quest

- Created additional dialogue hints to guide players through each quest objective

Found Item Quests

Found Item Quest: Mysterious Brew

- Designed high difficulty side quest

- Set up Tamala’s cauldron to receive input (potion ingredients) and create output (potion)

- Created branching quest dialogue and rewards based on player choice and progression

Found Item Quest: Trapped in Time

- Designed found item quest with variety of methods to complete quest objective

- Created branching quest dialogue and rewards based on player choice and progression