Hey, I’m Lauren!
I’m a narrative designer and game writer with 5+ years of experience crafting stories that champion nuanced characters and immersive worlds. My released projects have reached over 500,000 unique players and counting.
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Award Winning Work
Projects I’ve worked on have wow-ed players and judges alike.
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Book Publication: The Psychgeist of Pop Culture - Dungeons & Dragons
I penned an educational book chapter concerning Dungeons and Dragons’ role in shaping modern video game rpg narrative design. Click here to learn more.
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Team Player
I’ve worked with over 10 different development teams to create spellbinding media experiences.
Video Games
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Knee Deep! In Love
Modern college romance visual novel centered around yandere male characters.
The project was fully funded on Kickstarter in 24 hours!
Role: Writer and Voice Director
• Wrote 5,000+ word route script for one of the romanceable characters (Anthony, pictured left)
• Directed and provided audio editing for 6+ hours of voice acting work
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My Maiden of the Mire | Writer/Editor
A choice-based LGBT low fantasy romance visual novel with full voice acting.
Role: Game Writer
• Wrote over 3000 words of conditional branching dialogue
• Assisted in outlining story structure, worked with voice actors
• Provided marketing copy
• Edited 10,000+ words of script
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Death Love Repeat | Game Writer
Death Love Repeat is a visual novel wherein the protagonist, Theo, realizes he’s a character in a stereotypical 80s summer slasher game. Realizing his summer camp experience keeps repeating, Theo must utilize this time loop to stop the killer… or romance them instead?
Role: Game Writer
• Solo-wrote the 15,000+ word script
• Assisted in building copy for the game’s landing page
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RogueDot
A fast-paced arcade-style bullet dodger set in a dystopian cyberpunk future. Take control of Rogue, a sentient AI, as it hacks into databases and past firewalls to help its creator, George, fight back against the corrupt corpo system that’s turned the world upside down.
Role: Narrative Designer
• Draft story beat scripts
• Collaborate with an artist to turn the scripts into comic book-style cutscenes
• Compose quick n’ snappy bark lines that appear upon level success, defeat, and pause,
• Implement game and level design features in Unity Engine
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Love and Logos
In this choice-based visual novel, one moment you’re yet another stressed out philosophy student. The next? You find yourself suddenly transported to ancient Athens! Ally with famous Greeks to find your way back home.
Role: Game Writer
• Wrote Plato’s (pictured right) story route
• Collaborated with artists to draft character designs
• Participated in weekly team meetings
• Edited another writer’s work
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Ballad of the Cosplayer | Editor
A cosplayer is transported to a fantasy world… and the citizens think they’re their new leader? Use your cosplay chops to keep up the ruse or face certain peril! This visual novel demo sets up a multi-act diverging narrative centering player choice.
Role: Editor
• Edited the 25,000 word script. Following a strong editing pass, I was brought onto the dev team officially to help write and edit the full game.
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The Road Less Travelled
A short visual novel in which you, June, attempt to fix your relationship with your girlfriend on a road trip to her parents’ place in a haunted car. What could go wrong?
Role: Editor and Voice Director
• Edited the game’s script for clarity and characterization
• Provided live voice direction for two actors
Mod Projects
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Ashe: Crystal Heart | Lead Co-Writer
This mod adds a new original character, Ashe, to Skyrim to accompany the player. Ashe has her own quest line, contextual commentary, and develops a friendship/romance with the player over the course of numerous conversations.
The mod boasts 3,000+ lines of dialogue, a #1 Mod of the Month win (Dec. 2024), and over 200,000 unique downloads.
Role: I was originally brought onto the project as an editor. After providing a strong editing pass of the several thousand word script, I was promoted to lead co-writer. In this position, I was trusted to write hundreds of lines of additional content for the Project Lead - adapting my writing to their style, assisting with narrative design, and supervising another editor’s work.
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The Cosmic Vessel
An original player origin character mod for Baldur's Gate 3, featuring a fully designed custom class with three subclasses, deep narrative integration across all three acts of the game, as well as original spells, mechanics, armor sets, and weapons.
Role: I serve as Narrative Lead. My responsibilities include drafting narrative design documentation, managing and overseeing the work of two writers, leading narrative meetings, and spearheading the narrative team’s collaboration with other departments (i.e. art, sound, programming).
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Tales of Skyrim: Berserkyr | Writer
Become a bear-warrior of myth as you progress through a two-part quest line. Berserkyr adds a previously inaccessible werebear transformation power to the player.
The mod has accumulated 169,000+ unique downloads and was featured on Nexus Mods’ “Hot Mods” list.
Role: Co-wrote the two in-game lorebooks and consulted on quest/narrative design.
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Skyrim: Extended Cut | Game Writer
An upcoming mod that overhauls The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim’s main storyline by adding new quests, choices, challenges, and characters.
The mod is hotly anticipated. Its promotional YouTube channel has grossed over 625,000 views and has amassed a 7,000+ member Discord community.
Role:
• I was given ownership of a companion character. Created character documentation, drafted romance and companion quests, and wrote 300+ bark lines.
• I collaborated in a writer’s room to produce golden path quest scripts for implementation. I provided feedback and edited my peers’ work.
• I participated in weekly writer meetings where I pitched and evaluated ideas with the team.
Choice-Based Game Quest Excerpt - Fantasy, Dramatic
This sample from Skyrim: Extended Cut takes place during a modified version of the existing Skyrim game quest “Diplomatic Immunity”. The player meets Sigrun, an original character who will eventually become an adversary. For now, he seeks a mutually beneficial alliance.
Writing Samples
Social Media Content Marketing Slide Deck
Content marketing plan created for The Cosmic Vessel, an upcoming content addon project for the popular video game, Baldur’s Gate 3.
Game Writing Sample - Sci-Fi, Comedic
Taken from a game design document I created for a game jam, this sample contains flavor text, a character mockup used by artists, and that character’s in-game dialogue with the player character.
Game Writing Sample - Modern, Snappy Dialogue
This sample contains the opening sequence to Death Love Repeat, an 80s-inspired summer camp slasher horror visual novel. The design goal was multifaceted: memorably introduce several characters, set the game’s tone, and sow the seeds for future dramatic events.
More about Lauren
(Pictured: My two lovely dogs, Callie and Buddy)
I stumbled upon my passion for narrative design and writing after joining a mod team pursuing an ambitious goal: re-writing The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim’s main quest. Being an avid Skyrim fan, I applied thinking I’d simply offer some ideas aimed to mold the mod more to my liking. Instead, as I cut my teeth writing everything from quest scripts to character bibles to dialogue barks, I realized that I’d come to find the rigor of game writing deeply rewarding.
I continued to reach out and team up with other ambitious Skyrim modders to create exciting new content for a beloved IP. That community remains dear to my heart. Wanting to see how far the narrative rabbit hole goes, I began forays into game jams, audio entertainment, and more traditional writing. I’m having a blast as I continue to hone my skills in the craft of storytelling.
It’s my goal to create stories that immerse and inspire. If that sounds groovy to you too, let’s connect!
