Narrative and World Lead
Narrative and World Lead
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What is your role
As a Narrative and World Lead for Eleventh Hour Games you will be the architect of the interconnected systems of story quests characters and lore. You would be responsible for strategy and execution of the campaign map progression that guides players through the world of Eterra. This role is ideal for someone extremely creative and especially passionate for ARPGs. This role requires someone who has strong autonomy and judgment. This role is remote and requires strong written and verbal skills.
Qualifications:
- 5 years in narrative design or quest design roles
- Specifically on ARPGs open-world or isometric RPGs
- Specifically on ARPGs open-world or isometric RPGs
- Professional experience in a role that includes strategic world-building and campaign mapping specifically connecting narrative beats to geographical progression
- Strong storytelling skills with a focus on characters dialogue emotional pacing and player-driven motivations
- Experience with quest structure branching narratives and system-level narrative implementation
- Experience in a studio environment working on cross-team collaboration to integrate narrative into gameplay world layout and progression logic
- Experience guiding qualitative workflow for teams and individual contributors
Pluses:
- Branching dialogue tools in-engine experience Deep ARPG knowledge
- Experience working with data to make informed changes
- Familiarity and understanding of industry trends and resources
Responsibilities:
- Build and maintain the narrative of the world including core lore covering eras cultures factions geographies and key world events
- Design campaign-level world maps structuring zones quest hubs travel routes pacing and progression logic across the narrative campaign
- Develop main arc and side quest flows with emotional pacing player motivation and world-context integration
- Write comprehensive character profilesarcs relationship webbing dialogue quest hooks and interactions
- Collaborate closely with key stakeholders including combat level and environment designers to align map structure with narrative beats and gameplay flow
- Oversee narrative documentation dialogue QC style guidelines and help shape branching/story systems
- Be the voice for the player experience by ensuring the narrative aligns with the player dynamics and enhances player immersion
- Be receptive and progressive with narrative elements based on player feedback game testing and live-service data to maintain and improve the world and journey
Why Eleventh Hour Games
EHG is a fast growing studio focused on a passion for top-down action RPGs. We value open communication close-knit teamwork and opportunity for ownership and growth! Our mission is to gather and empower the next generation of creators to forge extraordinary games. Extraordinary games build passionate communities which create passionate people. Passionate people turn into next years creators.With our debut titleLast Epochwe are moving fast into the next round of adventure!
- Flexible fully remote working arrangements
- 35 paid time off days at start of year
- 90% paid health coverage premiums for U.S. based employees dependents
- Dental Vision for U.S. based employees dependents
- 401K for U.S. based employees
EHG is an equal opportunity employer. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process please contactPlease note general employment questions cannot be accepted or processed this way.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
