Longdue Games

Lead Narrative Designer

Longdue Games

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: South Africa

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Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • **About the role**
  • We’re looking for a Narrative Lead with both creative and production instincts — someone who can shape *Hopetown’s* story while helping to build the systems and structures that make great narrative work possible.**You’ll lead a small team of writers through the early stages of development, balancing storytelling vision with clear planning, coordination, and delivery. You’ll collaborate closely with design, production, and tech to align narrative goals with development milestones and to ensure the narrative team’s output fits smoothly into the broader pipeline.**This role sits at the intersection of creativity and operations — ideal for someone who loves story but also thrives on clarity, structure, and collaboration.

Requirements

  • **MUST-HAVE REQUIREMENTS**
  • - 5+ years of experience leading and/or managing a narrative team on a narrative-first game, ideally in the RPG space.
  • - Proven ability to plan, organise, and deliver narrative work within production milestones, experience coordinating pipelines, tracking progress, and aligning with design or production teams
  • - Proven experience writing emotionally resonant, character-driven stories
  • - Experience overseeing multiple writers’ work and overseeing edits to ensure cohesion in both tone and style
  • - Excellent communication, documentation, and cross-functional collaboration skills
  • - Basic understanding of other disciplines and how their work integrates with narrative and design.
  • - Familiarity with production and project management tools (e.g. Basecamp, YouTrack, or similar)**
  • **NICE TO HAVE**
  • - Experience shipping or contributing to a narrative-driven RPG title, especially within a small or startup-style team
  • - Strong familiarity with Disco Elysium-like, dialogue-heavy storytelling structures
  • - A creative and adaptable mindset suited to an early-stage, highly collaborative studio environment
  • - A love for narrative experimentation, psychology, and surreal or philosophical themes
Benefits
  • **WHY JOIN US**
  • **Creative Freedom: **We foster an environment where your unique voice and vision can shape a groundbreaking RPG.
  • **Thought-Provoking Project: **Help create a game that challenges conventions, offers a deep philosophical experience, and invites players to explore not only a mysterious world but also the depths of the human psyche.
  • **Flexible Working: **We are a remote-first studio, offering you the freedom to work from wherever inspiration strikes.
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