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Game writer and narrative designer with 7+ years of experience, across multiple shipped titles. I specialize in branching dialogue, choice-driven systems, and lore-consistent worldbuilding that keeps players invested. Working with game design, production, and marketing teams, I revamped features, drove retention through iterative writing, and consistently delivered serialized content - quests, events, live ops - on schedule.…Game writer and narrative designer with 7+ years of experience, across multiple shipped titles. I specialize in branching dialogue, choice-driven systems, and lore-consistent worldbuilding that keeps players invested. Working with game design, production, and marketing teams, I revamped features, drove retention through iterative writing, and consistently delivered serialized content - quests, events, live ops - on schedule.

Tom Mclean

Writer, Game Developer, UX Writer, +2

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Game writer and narrative designer with 7+ years of experience, across multiple shipped titles. I specialize in branching dialogue, choice-driven systems, and lore-consistent worldbuilding that keeps players invested. Working with game design, production, and marketing teams, I revamped features, drove retention through iterative writing, and consistently delivered serialized content - quests, events, live ops - on schedule.…Game writer and narrative designer with 7+ years of experience, across multiple shipped titles. I specialize in branching dialogue, choice-driven systems, and lore-consistent worldbuilding that keeps players invested. Working with game design, production, and marketing teams, I revamped features, drove retention through iterative writing, and consistently delivered serialized content - quests, events, live ops - on schedule.

Available to hire

Swansea, United Kingdom

Game writer and narrative designer with 7+ years of experience, across multiple shipped titles.

I specialize in branching dialogue, choice-driven systems, and lore-consistent worldbuilding that keeps players invested.

Working with game design, production, and marketing teams, I revamped features, drove retention through iterative writing, and consistently delivered serialized content - quests, events, live ops - on schedule.

Skills

Copywriting

Script

Game Design

Narrative Illustration

Experience Level

Copywriting

Expert

Script

Expert

Game Design

Expert

Work Experience

Lead Writer at Undisclosed AA Title

July 1, 2025 - Present

Lead writer on an upcoming AA sequel title for console and PC. I wrote extensive branching dialogue and multiple-choice conversation sequences, maintaining lore consistency, narrative cohesion, and tonal continuity across 50+ quests. I partnered with game design to revamp and reimplement early-game features, helping increase retention through an enhanced gameplay loop, and helped implement a new writing team workflow that reduced narrative production timelines and improved content quality. I also provided production coordination and minor project support, and assisted marketing by drafting newsletters.

Game Writer at Nanobit

July 1, 2024 - July 1, 2025

Crafted branching story paths and intricate multiple-choice dialogue, strategically integrating microtransaction opportunities with appropriate pricing. I wrote scripts for both text-messaging gameplay sequences and traditional sprite-based interactive scenes, delivering a seamless serialized story experience. Using player feedback, I designed engaging characters and storyline continuations that improved player retention.

Narrative Designer at Quantum Match (Working Title, Alpha Stage)

February 1, 2024 - April 1, 2024

Created all narrative content and in-game dialogue for an upcoming match-3 puzzle game for mobile. I produced comedic, gameplay-complementary storytelling - including character backstories, quest text, and event scripts - to support immersion and narrative cohesion, with alpha preview builds and writing samples available on request.

Narrative Designer at Plarium

September 1, 2022 - February 1, 2024

Pitched, wrote, and edited narrative, marketing, and text content for Nova Legends, a hero-collector RPG for mobile. I wrote the game's cinematic intro and established a narrative-centered player objective that contributed to improved 7-day retention, and collaborated with art and game design to conceptualize new playable characters, writing biographies for them to deepen the game universe. Using Unity and in-house tools, I wrote, edited, and uploaded player-facing content - including LiveOps event text, Google Play/App Store updates, promo text, push notifications, in-game tutorials, UI text, and skill descriptions - directly to internal builds. I also led lore decision-making sessions with stakeholders to guide narrative consistency, working across Jira, Google Docs, and Miro.

Narrative Designer & Localization Editor at AVG Life

February 1, 2021 - September 1, 2022

Wrote, edited, and localized serialized video game content for Love Fantasy: Romance Episode. I worked with AVG Life's China-based team to support a successful launch, helping the game reach 100,000+ Google Play users within two months of its September 2021 release. I also adapted Chinese narrative content to better suit Western audiences while maintaining a consistent, recognizable style.

Senior Writer at Masala Magazine

October 1, 2019 - February 1, 2021

Researched and wrote lifestyle articles for diverse readership demographics across Bangkok, Thailand. Provided marketing solutions under tight deadlines, including taglines and long-form content.