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Ameya Vinayaraj

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Writer-Designer with 5+ years of professional game writing and story-driven content creation. Responsible for player-facing narrative in AAA environments and experienced working in live-service iteration cycles.

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Writer-Designer with 5+ years of professional game writing and story-driven content creation. Responsible for player-facing narrative in AAA environments and experienced working in live-service iteration cycles.

  • 5 years' experience
  • Joined July 2026

Industry experience

  • Gaming
  • Media & Entertainment
  • Software & Internet

Work experience

Writer-Designer · Zenimax Online StudiosJul 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 5 mos

Responsible for all player-facing text in the AAA title The Elder Scrolls Online. Shipped four AAA ESO expansions (Gold Road, Solstice, Winterhold) and served as lead writer on an ambitious questline for the character Sheogorath. Collaborates across disciplines to build quests for TESO updates and expansions. Uses proprietary tools to write and implement story, dialogue, and flavor text for quests/items/lorebooks. Iterates quickly based on feedback for a live-service environment, and works with actors/VO teams to deliver performances. Constantly collaborates with writing, design, animation, and art teams to champion story and game design together.

Game Narrative Mentor · ArenaNetJun 2021 – Oct 2021 · 5 mos
Lead Writer / Writer · DVNC Tech LLCAug 2020 – Dec 2022 · 2 yrs 5 mos

Lead Writer on Rosett, an indie roguelike mobile game with multiplayer elements slated for release in 2024. Led teams and wrote/managed golden path narrative content. Collaborated with developers to create gameplay mechanics, quest design, items, and locations for The Monochrome RPG and Rosett. Also Lead Writer on The Monochrome RPG (Microsoft-partnered indie title), writing golden path narrative tasks and game dialogue. Designed and created characters for The Monochrome RPG world.

Education

Bachelors in Screenwriting · Whistling Woods International2017 – 2020
PGD in Game Design · Whistling Woods International2020 – 2021
PGD in Game Design · Whistling Woods International2020 – 2021
Bachelors in Screenwriting · Whistling Woods International2017 – 2020

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