Unbound: Worlds Apart
Studio: Alien Pixel Studios
Involvement: 2020-2021
Genre: Metroidvania, Platformer
Capacities: Game Writer, Editor
Highlights:
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Shaped the worldbuilding, story beats, tone, style, and pacing in a collaborative writers' room.
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Wrote dialogue and background materials for a variety of game NPCs.
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Created in-game text such as NPC names, location names, and quest names/descriptions.
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Advised on issues such as pacing, scope, and cinematics.
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Prepared technical documentation and presented updates in weekly cross-departmental meetings.
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Aided with Quality Assurance by testing dialogue triggers across multiple product builds.
Unbound is an atmospheric 2D Puzzle-Platformer/Metroidvania where the main character, Soli, can conjure magic portals and travel between different realities in order to learn more about the catastrophe that ravaged his world. Unbound is set in a universe of magic and mystery, where Mages once traveled between distant worlds using portals. When an ancient sickness threatens the future of the multi-verse, a gifted child named Soli must embrace his unique gift and bring peace to the worlds apart.
