World Reborn

Wicked Saints Studios | Senior Writer & Narrative Designer

2024 - PRESENT | MOBILE (IOS/ANDROID)

OFFICIAL SITE
APP STORE (IOS)

Responsibilities

  • Designed, developed, and implemented quests for world’s first adventure activism game, World Reborn (featured as Game of the Day on App Store)

  • Spearheaded main campaign writing and strategy for episodic weekly releases

  • Led character relationship systems design, focused on retention, engagement, and scalability

  • Wrote in-game missions (“Training Mods”) in collaboration with partners such as e.l.f. beauty and Discord

  • Provided narrative consult across the team, e.g. marketing, UI copy, and FTUE changes that increased D0-D7 retention

  • Utilized proprietary tools to script animations and implement quests & dialogue

  • Refined scripts from writing team to improve pacing, clarity, and emotional impact

  • Assisted with live ops debugging and pushing bug fixes

Highlighted Accomplishments

Character Relationship Systems

  • Led design of character relationship systems, incorporating both narrative/game design principles and behavioral science

  • Created Daily Hangout and Romance features

  • Crafted concise wireframes and design flows

Main Campaign Writing

  • Led writing for main story campaign

  • Wrote 10 out of 14 episodes, totaling 100k+ words and dozens of hours of content

Training Mod Writing

  • Wrote 10+, multi-step missions (“Training Mods”) to activate players to do good things I.R.L. in collaboration with real-life changemakers and brands (e.l.f. beauty, Discord)

  • Incorporated peer-reviewed research and behavioral science into scripts on topics like misinformation, boys’ education, and emotional regulation

  • Grounded Training Mods with in-world narrative and dialogue, ensuring seamless blended reality experience

WORK SAMPLES

Dialogue Writing

Screenshots from World Reborn showcasing my dialogue and choice writing.

Training Mod Writing

Screenshots from in-game missions / training modules (“Training Mods”) focused on real-world topics like:

  • How to combat misinformation (Mod Title: #MisinfoKiller)

  • Overcoming social divides (Mod Title: #NoShameGame)

  • Uplifting young girls in sports (Mod Title: #GoTheDistance)

I was primarily responsible for the writing on these mods, incorporating the voices of the real-life trainers (Jay-Ann, Chris, and pro athlete Kimberly Drewniok) into the scripts.

In-Game Copy / UI Text

Screenshots capturing copy I wrote for app store releases (“What’s New”), along with in-game text for tutorials, pop-ups, quest and Training Mod descriptions, and more.