United Kingdom
Edinburgh Based, video game writer and screenwriter.
Lead writer on Simure Vikings - BigPoint Games/Youzu Interactive
Specialist in narrative construction, dialogue, and character creation
Over 20 years professional and academic experience in the fields of narrative and storytelling.
Video Game Writing Work
The complete final gameplay for the Ylva Romance Quest in the Mobile Video game Simure Vikings for which I was the Lead Writer.
The Complete Script for Chapter 40 from the Mobile Video Game Simure Vikings for which I was the Lead Writer. This chapter is the finale of the second Act of the campaign, and features the culmination of a 20 chapter story based loosely upon the saga poem of Beowulf. It includes limited branching dialogue and a minigame.
The Complete Script for a Lady MacBeth based Romance Quest in the Mobile Video Game Simure Vikings for which I was the Lead Writer. The basis for this was a 5 act mini-quest allowing the player to marry the character of Lorna, while not breaking the overarching plotline of the game. As the character was that of Lady MacBeth, various allusions, and specific textual plays on Shakespeare's play were included for flavour and occasionally comic effect.
A Tribunal-based minigame in the mobile Video Game Simure Vikings for which I was the Lead Writer.
Playwriting & Screenwriting
5-page short film script: Horror story set in the Appalachian Mountains.
First Scene of Play Script. Historical comedy centring around a hapless trio of executioners, embroiled in a plot during the time of Cromwell.
First Scene of Film Script. Drama based around a disintegrating group of friends, as they drift apart following a funeral.
Journalism & Critique
Links to Published Video Game Reviews, News, Essays, Editorials and Articles (2006-2019)
Links to my Published Theatre Criticism (2005-Present)