I am an empathetic storyteller working in the game industry since 2016, 5+ years specializing in the emotional impact of narrative design.
My storytelling is as diverse as my characters, creating tender moments and building trust between players and characters.

STORYTELLING

• Reworked story, 25+ characters, and worldbuilding for Caravan
  SandWitch. Set a darker tone on a colorful adventure. Designed the
  main quest alongside 10 side quests. Used the dialog wheel to
  communicate the player avatar’s thoughts. Wrote dialog in French
  (40k words), documentation.
• Outlined story-structure and wrote dialog in English for Untitled Visual
  Novel Project.
• Designed core environmental narrative of VR game Panoptic with
  asymmetrical story (players experiencing different stories using same
  assets). Assisted with art direction, illustrations, GDD.
• Wrote cutscenes, encounters, short stories, story-concepts,
  flowcharts, barks, lore entry, and linear/branching dialog for several
  indie and personal projects.
• Experience in writing in screenplay format and pitches for short films.
  Created storyboard for Fygostudio, a motion design agency;
  focus on visualization, rhythm, and pacing in scenes.

LEADERSHIP & COLLABORATION

• Led the narrative team at Plane Toast working on Caravan Sandwitch;
  initiated meetings, reviewed and revised quests and dialog, scheduled
  and assigned team’s work. Established a safe space within the narrative
  team to allow its members to express themselves freely.
• Coordinated & executed events, workshops, talks in Belgium for Women
  in Games association; spoke at numerous events & podcasts about art,
  narrative and design (GDC, Anima, SCAN ULB, Empreinte Digitale).
• Cultivated relationships with investors and publishers; pitched
  concepts, received funding from government funds and publisher.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams while working on academic
  and freelance projects, remotely and in-house.
• Taught Narrative Design classes at Technocité (Mons, Belgium)

IMPLEMENTATION

• Implemented quests and dialog on Caravan SandWitch in Unreal, gave
  feedbacks on the tools; and improved the pipeline.
• Identified & balanced level progression on Panoptic and Caravan
  SandWitch.
• Organized playtesting sessions and documented user feedback, bugs,
  design issues & other aspects of the games I worked on.
• Implemented dialog for Untitled Visual Novel Project (Unity) using Articy.
• Worked on Caravan Sandwitch’s Localization Guidelines Document.
• Level Design contributions on Panoptic (Unity) and game designer on
  learning application Flowchase, working closely with programmers.