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Susan O'Connor's Game-Writing Masterclass

CUTSCENE SCRIPT

Hank (Detroit: Become Human) GLaDOS (Portal) and Atlas (Bioshock) get stuck in an elevator.

GAME PITCH

A story pitch created from a selection of three random mechanics (shooting, powering and nurturing).

PLAYING WITH STATUS

 Writing characters of different statuses in the same situation: An experiment with character voice.

Flowchart

A flowchart created for a puzzle-driven Twine game.

Interactive Writing

Branching Narratives Made in Twine

Coming-of-Age

Twixt

A girl is lost between the desires of her parent and partner.

Humor, Suspense

Curves

A young woman accepts a dicey job from a famous artist.

Humor

Gold Star

A passive-aggressive AI helps you find your path in life.

Family Drama

The Only Constant

A dysfunctional family has teatime.

Writing Exercises

Barks

Potential barks for a Detective RPG:

Play a detective who’s been summoned to a small town with a recent string of murders.

Item Descriptions

Item descriptions for 10 different kinds of swords.

Narrative Design Document

Dysfunctional human teens attend a school for angels: A draft narrative design document detailing the key characters, world and subplots.

Games

Narrative-Driven Games Made in Unity

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Jatega Classified

A puzzle-centric detective game with visual novel elements.

Cat's Eye Castle

A fantasy puzzle game about the hearts of children.

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Double-Edged Chord

My Prototype Master's Game with Online Multiplayer

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Play as a pair of rival musicians in this two-player, story-driven adventure. Explore dungeons, solve puzzles and battle enemies in musical combat to escape a series of deadly nightmares.


Note: Double-Edged Chord is still a prototype. It is awaiting several updates to its writing, narrative pacing, graphics and gameplay.

Quark

An Existential Motion Comic

A motion comic about a duck, a dream, and his long-suffering family.

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Crest's Little Voice

A children's book by Kim Morgan. Illustrations, narration and trailer by me.

“We're all like leaves, aren't we?” Papa said. “Different shapes and colours but together a beautiful tree.”

Crest’s Little Voice is a story about diversity and inclusion.
It is a story about being kind, brave and speaking up.

Digital Art

Illustrations as seen on my Instagram

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