Resume
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Professional Experience:
Writer: Unannounced AAA Horror-Adventure
Firesprite Games — Liverpool, England, UK
January 2022 – Present
- Develop story, characters, lore, etc. and write scripts alongside narrative team
Lead Narrative Designer/Writer: The Lost Legends of Redwall series
Soma Games — Newberg, OR
July 2020 – August 2021 (Lead Narrative Designer/Writer)
May 2019 – July 2020 (Narrative Designer/Writer)
- Designed and wrote linear and non-linear scripts and all other narrative content (barks, lore, quest design, etc.) for multiple shipped and cancelled projects
- Developed original stories, characters, and lore that tie into pre-established IP
- Led, managed, and collaborated with a team of writers, as well as collaborated with all other design departments
Projects include: - 3D Puzzle-Adventure: The Scout Act 1, Act 2, and Act 3
- Interactive Fiction: The Wildcat Scroll, The Flowers of Icetor, & The Caverns of Kotir
- Cooking Simulator: Feasts and Friends
- Other cancelled projects
Development Intern: Hivemind
Hivemind Entertainment — West Hollywood, CA
August 2018 – January 2019
- Wrote coverage for a variety of content, including screenplays, novels, graphic novels, and treatment pitches
- Assisted in writing and presenting pitches for in-development projects
Cinematic Arts Student Teacher
Azusa Pacific University — Azusa, CA
January 2017 – May 2019
- Led lectures and provided tutoring in narrative development, screenwriting, and film editing to underclassmen and junior-level university cinema students
Non-Professional Experience
Game Design
- Solo Projects (perform all roles):
- The Meteorite — interactive fiction currently in development
- Game Jam Games:
- Game/Narrative Designer, 2D Artist, Concept Creator:
- Labyrinthium — 2D dungeon crawler produced for Brackey’s Game Jam 2019
- Pandemoonium! — 3D puzzle game produced for Global Game Jam 2021
Published Prose
- Short Fiction Author
- The Witch’s Flower — published 2020 in The Knocking Thrush
- To Kill a Spider — published 2020 in The Knocking Thrush
- Adam in the Garden — published 2019 in The Airgonaut
- Article Author
- “Eulalia! Transforming the Redwall Books into Interactive Games” — published TBA in Game Developer
Student Films
- Video Editor/Story Consultant
- Remedy — award-winning horror short, produced 2019
- Best Student Film — Los Angeles Film Festival 2019
- Best Student Film — Indie Short Fest 2019
- Official Selection — Horror Haus Film Festival 2019
- My Pastor Jim — comedy short, produced 2018
- Remedy — award-winning horror short, produced 2019
- Screenwriter
- I Could Hear the Water at the Edge of All Things — speculative short, unproduced 2019
- Circa, 1959 — science-fiction short, produced 2019
- Your Reputation Precedes You — speculative short, produced 2019
- The Viridescent — science-fiction short, produced 2017
- Others
Education:
Azusa Pacific University
Azusa, CA — Graduated Spring 2019
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Cinematic Arts Production, Minor in English Literature and Writing
(Dean’s List)
Recommendations:
“Working with Ren was truly a delight. Ren is wonderfully skilled as a writer, and what’s more, is profoundly reliable and great at sticking to deadlines and communicating well with the team. I count myself so incredibly lucky that I got the chance to work with this amazing writer, and you would be too. If you have the chance — take it!”
— Heather Rose Walters, Former Lead ND/Writer at Soma Games
“I started working with Ren just as she graduated and — to be honest — threw her into the deep end of a major project. She powerfully rose to the challenge and proved to be one of the most consistently productive writers I’ve worked with. With a great grasp of narrative structure and game design, she’s a rare find and a valuable team member.”
— Chris Skaggs, Creative Director/Owner at Soma Games
“Not only is Ren an extremely talented writer, but also a fantastic and attentive project lead and a very intuitive person to work with. Ren genuinely cares about the work they do and will always go the extra mile.”
— Lindsay Kantrovich, Junior Game Writer at Soma Games
References:
Heather Rose Walters
Lead Narrative Designer & Writer
Soma Games
Contact:
healther.walters10@gmail.com