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Narrative Designer

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RemoteremotePosted 1 month ago

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**Responsibilities**

• Design and maintain the game’s narrative structure, story flow, character arcs, and key narrative beats

• Write dialogues, environmental storytelling content, collectible notes, audio logs, terminals, UI texts, cinematic scripts

• Implement narrative content in UE5 using Blueprints, Data Assets, Data Tables, Gameplay Tags, Sequencer

• Set up dialogue logic, branching, quest progression, narrative triggers, scripted events, conditions, and consequences

• Configure voice-over assets, subtitles, localization keys, dialogue timing, playback conditions, and dialogues audio

• Generate temporary voice-over using AI TTS tools such as ElevenLabs or similar services for rapid iteration and in-game testing

• Edit and clean up generated voice lines when necessary to improve timing, pronunciation, pacing, consistency, and emotional delivery

• Import, organize, name, and configure dialogue assets in UE5

• Connect voice lines to dialogues, cinematics, gameplay events, NPC, environment, etc.

**Qualifications**

• Strong practical experience with Unreal Engine 5

• Experience implementing narrative content directly inside the engine, not only writing scripts and documentation

• Understanding of Blueprint-based gameplay workflows

• Experience with dialogue systems, branching conversations, scripted events, and quest logic

• Experience with Unreal Engine Sequencer

• Excellent English writing and editing skills.

• Strong understanding of environmental storytelling, narrative pacing, character development, and interactive storytelling

• Ability to work with Perforce or another version control system.

• Ability to communicate clearly with designers, programmers, artists, audio designers, and cinematic teams

Nice to Have:

• Experience with horror, immersive sim, action-adventure, or Metroidvania games.

• Basic audio editing skills in Reaper, Adobe Audition, Audacity, or similar software

• Familiarity with localization pipelines and subtitle preparation

**How to Apply**

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