Senior Narrative Designer – 6-Month Contract

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🤠 Texas – Remote

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Gunfire Games

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2014

🎮 Gaming

👥 B2C

📱 Media

Gaming • B2C • Media

Gunfire Games is a video game development studio known for creating immersive and engaging gaming experiences. Based in Austin, Texas, the studio has released notable titles such as Remnant II, a co-op survival shooter that combines exploration with intense combat, as well as the popular Darksiders franchise. With a focus on innovative gameplay mechanics and rich storytelling, Gunfire Games has built a reputation for delivering high-quality games that resonate with players globally.

📋 Description

• Develop narrative concepts, story arcs, characters, factions, and world lore • Collaborate with creative direction and cross-functional teams to deliver a cohesive narrative vision • Partner with level designers on environmental storytelling and gameplay-driven narrative moments • Write, edit, and implement dialogue, item descriptions, codex entries, barks, and other in-game narrative content • Maintain lore guides, dialogue documentation, narrative flows, and other narrative documentation • Support cinematic, audio, and voice-over teams with narrative implementation • Track narrative tasks and document changes using Jira, Trello, and Miro • Champion storytelling integrated with exploration, combat, and player interaction • Perform additional duties as required

🎯 Requirements

• 7+ years of professional game development experience in Narrative Design, Game Design, or a closely related discipline • Experience working in Unreal Engine • Shipped at least one AA or AAA title in a Narrative Designer role • Demonstrated experience crafting narrative for PC and console games • Portfolio showcasing narrative design documentation, shipped game work, dialogue, quest design, world-building, or comparable interactive storytelling • Exceptional storytelling, dialogue writing, and world-building abilities • Deep understanding of narrative support for gameplay, player agency, and level design • Experience collaborating with multidisciplinary teams throughout all phases of game development • Strong communication, documentation, and organizational skills • Ability to provide creative feedback and collaborate with senior development teams • Comfortable working in a fast-paced, iterative production environment • Bonus: experience developing action, action RPG, shooter, or adventure games • Bonus: familiarity with cinematic pipelines, dialogue implementation, and narrative scripting tools • Bonus: experience with branching dialogue, reactive narrative systems, or player-driven storytelling • Bonus: experience with voice-over recording sessions or cinematic production • Passion for dark fantasy, post-apocalyptic, science fiction, or horror worlds

🏖️ Benefits

• Six-month contract with possibility of extension based on project needs, performance, and business requirements • Contract compensation discussed with qualified candidates based on experience, skills, and project needs • Equal opportunity employer