Chucklefish is hiring Writer – Remote – Part Time Contract

Narrative Game Design

We are currently on the lookout for a remote writer/narrative designer to work part time (2-3 days per week) for approximately 6-8 months starting in July with one of our external teams.

Responsibilities:

Work with the team to define a story arc that supports the gameplay elements
Help the team define stories for level scenarios
Dialogue writing
In-game descriptions for objects, moves, characters etc.

Requirements:

Portfolio of written works
Ability to write upbeat, fun and charming dialogue
An understanding of narrative game design

Desirable:

Experience working with a commercially launched game

To apply please email writer@chucklefish.org or fill out the form below with your cover letter, CV and your writing portfolio.

Please Apply with

A portfolio (if you’ve worked on a game please specify which areas you were responsible for)
Your availability
Your day rate

We highly encourage members of LGBTQ+, neurodiverse, BAME communities and those with physical disabilities to apply. Chucklefish practice a zero-crunch policy. This project offers flexible working hours where the only fixed work-times will be for team meetings on the days you are working.

About Chucklefish

We are an independent game developer and publisher, based in London, UK, with a love of charming pixel art and a drive to support and create amazing games. When Finn Brice founded Chucklefish in 2011, we were just a handful of first-time developers spread across the globe, with no studio experience or funding, just a big idea for a massive space game – Starbound.

Thanks to the overwhelming support of our community, we were able to fund Starbound’s development on Steam Early Access, and in 2014 we stopped working out of our bedrooms to relocate to a cosy office in London.

Since then, Chucklefish has expanded quite a bit! We’re now a team of 18 full-time staff and have released our second game, Wargroove. We’ve also been able to support other indie developers with some elements of their development and publishing, including ConcernedApe’s Stardew Valley and Pixpil’s Eastward.

With our third inhouse game, Witchbrook, in the works as well as many exciting projects from our publishing partners, we’ve never been more proud to remain independent.

Writer – Remote – Part Time Contract – External Project

About Chucklefish