Reality Reload LLC · 3 hours ago
Narrative Designer (customized twine)
United States
Contract
Remote
New Grad, Entry LevelReality Reload LLC is seeking a Narrative Designer to create a dynamic, systems-driven experience that highlights the immigration journey in the United States. The role involves designing branching narratives that respond to player choices and translating real-world immigration challenges into interactive structures.
Computer Games
Responsibilities
Design Branching Outcomes: Write concise narrative nodes for Twine or custom engines that reflect the direct and indirect consequences of player decisions
Systemic Reactivity: Map narrative text to mechanical triggers. Ensure the prose shifts based on variables
Translate Reality into Systems: Convert real-world immigration stressors (e.g., administrative processing, job layoffs, "Gap" periods) into interactive narrative structures
Maintain Tone: Deliver text that is concise, observational, and possesses a dry, restrained humor—avoiding all forms of moralizing or exposition
Proactive Collaboration: Maintain proactive communication with the Narrative Lead, developers and other team members to ensure narrative logic aligns with technical constraints
Qualification
Required
Demonstrated work in interactive narrative (Twine, Ink, or narrative design for released games/TRPGs)
Deeply comfortable with modified/customized Twine or proprietary narrative engines. You should be fluent in using variables, macros, and logic gates within your writing process
Personal or researched knowledge of the U.S. immigration/visa context (H1B, OPT, USCIS procedures, etc.)
Ability to write punchy, 1–3 line outcomes that carry significant emotional or mechanical weight
Preferred
Fluent in English and Chinese
Experience with D&D, GURPS, or other rules-based storytelling systems
Familiarity with •Reigns•, •Life Restart Simulator•
Experience in journalism work, with an ability to distill complex real-world interviews into clear, objective, and impactful narrative beats
Company
Reality Reload LLC
2-10 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase