Writing Samples
A variety of writing samples exhibiting work in character, dialogue, dramatic scenes, branching narrative, in-game lore, prose, etc.
View all writing samples in an organized Google Drive folder here.
Character Sheets
Includes character biography + barks
Futuristic Fantasy RPG Characters:
See the RPG characters here
Description: Three characters from a futuristic fantasy RPG where underground revolutionaries fight to bring down a militaristic government.
Includes character descriptions, biographies, and combat barks.
Dialogue
Examples of various dialogue
The Scout Branching Dialogue Tree:
Read the branching dialogue doc here
Description: A branching conversation from The Lost Legends of Redwall: The Scout Act 3 had between Sophia, the game’s protagonist and player character, and Bolo, the angsty teenage son of a stoat healer.
I Could Hear the Water Cinematic Scene:
Read the I Could Hear the Water scenes here
Description: A short series of scenes from I Could Hear the Water, a supernatural mystery short film screenplay following a young detective investigating the close friend of a missing person.
Features heavy dialogue.
Cooking Sim Dialogue Barks:
Read Redwall: Feasts and Friends dialogue barks here
Description: Dialogue barks from The Lost Legends of Redwall: Feasts and Friends procedurally-generated narrative cooking simulation game, developed by Soma Games.
Cinematic Scenes
Cinematic scenes
written in screenplay format
The Meteorite Cinematic Scene:
Read The Meteorite scene here
Description: Scene excerpt from The Meteorite, an in-development short narrative game (horror/mystery). While the scene here is written in linear screenplay format, the game itself is branching.
I Could Hear the Water Cinematic Scene:
Read the I Could Hear the Water scenes here
Description: A short series of scenes from I Could Hear the Water, a supernatural mystery short film screenplay following a young detective investigating the close friend of a missing person.
Branching Narrative
Examples of branching narrative
written either in doc format via
Articy Draft 3 or playable in Twine
The Caverns of Kotir Branching Scene:
Read The Caverns of Kotir scene as a doc here
Play The Caverns of Kotir scene in Twine (download the HTML file) here
Description: Scene from The Lost Legends of Redwall: The Caverns of Kotir interactive fiction game, developed and published by Soma Games. Written by Ren Alex-Rose.
Features heavy action/exploration, little dialogue. Fantasy-adventure with elements of horror.
The Scout Branching Dialogue Tree:
Read the branching dialogue doc here
Description: A branching conversation from The Lost Legends of Redwall: The Scout Act 3 had between Sophia, the game’s protagonist and player character, and Bolo, the angsty teenage son of a stoat healer.
Other Narrative Bits
Narrative bits including
in-game lore, inventory descriptions,
level intros, etc.
Lore Item: The Keeper of the Zoo’s Journal
Read the Keeper of the Zoo’s journal here
Description: A journal found while exploring an abandoned, run-down zoo in a dystopian world where residents of a city were forced to evacuate. The zoo, and all of the animals within it, were left behind.
Lore Item: Queen Larkspur’s Letter
Read Queen Larkspur’s letter here
Description: A letter used as evidence in a debate regarding the circumstances of a queen’s rise to power. From The Lost Legends of Redwall: The Wildcat Scroll interactive fiction game, developed and published by Soma Games. Written by Ren Alex-Rose.
Level Introductions: The Wildcat Scroll Level/Chapter Descriptions
Read the The Wildcat Scroll chapter descriptions here
Description: Short blurbs that appear beneath chapter headings (and via branching map) in The Lost Legends of Redwall: The Wildcat Scroll interactive fiction game. The blurbs’ purpose is to introduce players to the next chapter of the story and remind players of the game’s narrative events up until this point.
Prose
Samples of written prose
The Witch’s Flower
Read The Witch’s Flower here
Description: A short fantasy story written in a fairytale-esque voice, published in The Knocking Thrush journal June 2020.
Novel Work-in-Progress Excerpt
Read an excerpt from my novel-in-progress here
Description: A chapter excerpt from And Also in the Light (working title), a futuristic fantasy following a refugee in a country filled with political turmoil and his relationship with the young military commander he comes to work for.
Ren Alex-Rose 