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- [Update] Free games talk!
This Friday (4th April), I’ll be doing my annual usual talk for the University of Surrey‘s Writing Gaming module that I co-designed, - [Portfolio Addition] Word Tonic
After almost two years, I’ve finally got around to writing about Word Tonic, the gen z copywriting community I co-founded in 2022. - [Update] Changed SNWF ArticlesHey, all. I’ve just been told that the Surrey New Writers Festival has updated its website. While that’s awesome, it means my
- [Update] Open to Work!Hey, all. I’m open to work again! I’m happy to say, that, following the end of my time with Kwalee, I’m open
- [Update] Gloomhaven Digital Now On Consoles!
I’m very excited to say that you can now find Gloomhaven Digital (and the writing work I did for it) on PlayStation,Continue reading[Update] Gloomhaven Digital Now On Consoles!
- [Portfolio Addition] What Are Story Driven Mobile Games?
In this article, I broke down what story-driven mobile games are, why they’re popular, and how to make them, all for Kwalee‘s blog. YouContinue reading[Portfolio Addition] What Are Story Driven Mobile Games?
- [Portfolio Addition] Games Writing Talk in Guildford!
Ahead of my narrative design workshop at the 2023 Surrey New Writers Festival, I was approached by guildford.games to talk a little about myself, and the talkContinue reading[Portfolio Addition] Games Writing Talk in Guildford!
- [Portfolio Addition] Becoming a Video Game Story Writer
I got a lovely opportunity to write for Kwalee‘s blog, all about my time as a video game story writer and narrativeContinue reading[Portfolio Addition] Becoming a Video Game Story Writer
- [Update] Writing Talk!
I’m beyond excited to be able to say that I’ve been invited to 2023’s Surrey New Writers Festival to give an introductory - [Update] New Job!
I’m really excited to be able to say that I started at Kwalee a little while ago, as a Game Story Writer - [Portfolio Addition] Carni-Ball
In Carni-ball, you take control of one of a selection of spirits in the underworld, and use your possession powers to beat - [Portfolio Addition] Things to Share
In Things to Share, you are a nameless observer to a small collection of someone’s private computer files, and the memories attached - [Portfolio Addition] Demonsgate
In Demonsgate, players take control of a single customisable mercenary, and investigate the strange overlapping of realms that has begun to warp - [Portfolio Addition] Writing as a Team Player
This blog summarises the five biggest things I learnt while writing collaboratively for Gloomhaven Digital, as part of Flaming Fowl Studio’s creativeContinue reading[Portfolio Addition] Writing as a Team Player
- [Portfolio Addition] Christmas All-Stars: A Festival-Themed Gift List
This article is a listicle where I rounded up my favourite works from over the last three years of my time withContinue reading[Portfolio Addition] Christmas All-Stars: A Festival-Themed Gift List
- [Portfolio Addition] Gloomhaven Digital
I had the pleasure of contracting with Flaming Fowl Studios during my placement year as an Assistant Writer, level builder, and QA - [Portfolio Addition] Game Writing’s No Game: Why Interactive Writing Isn’t Simple
This article outlines the intricate nature of narrative design in video gaming, and why writing something intended to be interactive in anyContinue reading[Portfolio Addition] Game Writing’s No Game: Why Interactive Writing Isn’t Simple
- [Portfolio Addition] Revealing Guildford’s Secret Music Scene
This article discusses Guildford’s historic, influential and thriving music scene for The Stag magazine. I wrote it late last year to submitContinue reading[Portfolio Addition] Revealing Guildford’s Secret Music Scene
- [Portfolio Addition] Creating Reliable New Year’s Resolutions for Writing
This article explains how to break up big and vague goals like ‘improving my poetry’ or even ‘getting fitter’ into small, clearContinue reading[Portfolio Addition] Creating Reliable New Year’s Resolutions for Writing
- [Portfolio Addition] Don’t Be Scared to Visit a Hospital During the Pandemic
This article focuses on my recent visit to A&E during the pandemic, and how you shouldn’t let the fear of the pandemicContinue reading[Portfolio Addition] Don’t Be Scared to Visit a Hospital During the Pandemic
- [Portfolio Addition] How Good Grades Can Make You Dumb
This article is a short opinion article explaining how chasing good grades can actually be harmful to both your leisure and professionalContinue reading[Portfolio Addition] How Good Grades Can Make You Dumb
- [Portfolio Addition] Horror and the Manipulation of the Cinesthetic Subject in ‘A Quiet Place’
This essay explores Vivian Sobchack’s theory of the ‘cinesthetic subject’ through the horror film ‘A Quiet Place’. Sobchack herself proposes that cinema - [Portfolio Addition] Sir Gawain and The Green Knight (Partial Translation)
One of my modules on my univeristy course involved me translating a section from the fourteenth-century Middle English poem ‘Sir Gawain andContinue reading[Portfolio Addition] Sir Gawain and The Green Knight (Partial Translation)
- [Portfolio Addition] An Endless Dusk
This short story, one of my university submissions, is set in World War One. It follows a homesick soldier through a magical - [Portfolio Addition] ‘Sole’
This short story is a Soft Science-Fiction piece which follows a woman through the apocalypse. I wrote it between projects at university, - [Portfolio Addition] ‘One Word’
This screenplay, a gritty Dishonoured-esque High Fantasy short, is a slightly edited version of my second creative writing submission from university. It - [Portfolio Addition] ‘Redcoat.’
‘Redcoat.’ is a short story reimagining Red Riding Hood as a gritty urban High Fantasy with comical undertones. Though it was my