Try Again

Written on January 14th, 2024 by Jake Wylykanowitz

Narrative Designer

An action platformer developed for the USC Games Advanced Game Project.
A dark satire of the “plight of the solo dev,” players uncover the story of a game designer struggling with masterpiece syndrome
My Responsibilities
I wrote, edited, and finalized all scripted dialogue in screenplay format
Created over 50 lines of emergent dialogue (Barks)
While working with the narrative team, the director and I had final say on what was included in the final script
Helped give feedback and direction to our voice actors during VO recording sessions
In-engine, I worked to add subtitles that matched the pace of VO as each line played during gameplay

Led narrative team of 3 in finalizing general narrative of game, including cutscenes and scripted gameplay lines
Conducted weekly team meetings alongside director and producers
Assigned tasks for all sprints and answered questions from teammates regarding narrative
Communicated game/level design and audio teams to ensure each discipline was aware of any and all narrative updates
Tested the build with project leads, ensuring 90+ lines of dialogue in 15-minute experience were properly paced with gameplay