Talespinners

Time for an intro! Talespinners is a co-operative of freelance game writers who provide writing & narrative services for games & immersive experiences. Recent clients include Bungie, HeR Interactive, Paradox Tectonic, Team17, & Blazing Griffin. Please do get in touch with your game narrative needs!

Looking forward to AdventureX in less than two weeks time. I'll be attending both days as part of the co-operative I'm in, @talespinners.co.uk. If anyone would like to have a natter over a cuppa, just drop me a message or find me at the conference. #AdventureX #AdvX #gameswriting #narrativedesign

Check out this great conversation about game editing featuring our own @cashdecuir.bsky.social! #GameDev #Writing #GameEditing #GameWrting

Congrats to Beehive Studios & @team17.com on the release of LumenTales: Memories of Trey this week! We're excited to announce that our own Chris Tihor @ironiciconic.bsky.social led an editing team for the game via @talespinners.co.uk feat. Pati Tozer @iconic-edits.bsky.social. #GameDev #GameEditing

If you are in a position to do so, I highly recommend other writers to search for contracts together like @talespinners.co.uk The more we can find opportunities together, and continue sticking together the more institutional knowledge we can share with one another.

Come to the North American Games Industry Summit (NAGIS) in June and see this panel featuring our own Chris Tihor discussing #GameNarrative with other #GameWriting professionals. Informative & useful for game writers as well as #GameDev companies wondering how to include narrative in their games.

Congratulations to @ironiciconic.bsky.social and all the other folks involved with Crimson Desert on a successful game launch! It looks terrific!

Check out this terrific new collection of essays on #GameNarrative by some of the brightest lights in the #GameDev industry. Our own @ironiciconic.bsky.social has contributed an essay on writing mysteries for games based on his own work writing for Nancy Drew and Agatha Christie's Poirot.

FYI for fellow narrative designers/game writers: the studio in question is Sentona Games and it’s my understanding they are currently interviewing to replace me. Be very careful with them. They were very nice to me and easy to work with right up until I needed the money I was promised.

Another announcement! I had the happy chance to work as a writer on MONACO 2. My @talespinners.bsky.social colleague @ironiciconic.bsky.social and I worked on a draft of the game's original story and original script. It was a joy to work with Pocketwatch on such a classic series.

🏆 The Holy Gosh Darn is the Norwegian GOTY 🏆 Friday night the Norwegian game industry gathered to celebrate the best games of 2024 - Spillprisen! And hey, we won 5 categories: 🏆 Game of the year 💡 Best Innovation 📢 Best Sound 💻 Best Tech 📐 Best Game Design #spillprisen #goty #awards

There's still time to pick up a ticket for Pride in Bloom! Join us and Playground Games for an evening of food, games, networking and a fabulous talk by our own James Dodd! ✨ 🌈 www.outmaking.games/events-list/...

As usual, our own @michelleclough.bsky.social will be at #GDC2025, taking part in game writing panels and roundtables on romance and intimacy in games! She's also happy to talk about Talespinners and what we do, so if you're interested, feel free to flag her down on BlueSky or via the GDC app!

GAME NARRATIVE NETWORKING THIS Monday, London Tickets going like hot cakes only without the burnt fingers, greasy paperbags and calorie guilt! Don’t have Fear Of Missing Out have the Fabulousness Of Meeting Others!* Please share See you there! #gamewriting www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/were-not-a...

1922. Miss Mulligatawney's School for Promising Girls has a reputation as the best place for educating young women in all England. But when the system is against you -- then you have to break the system. Term will end. MARCH 12th ⭐ store.steampowered.com/app/2963890/ ⭐

Holy f3ce5! We won the BEST VOICE ACTING AWARD at @debugawards.com Holy! DM us for Ozan's unhinged thank-you-video! #debugawards #debugmagazine

The Holy Gosh Darn won a @debugmag.com award! Congratulations to the incredible team @perfectlyparano.bsky.social for your win of Best Voice Acting, it's so well deserved. It's been an honour working with you, well done! (also play The Holy Gosh Darn its AWARD WINNING)

Welcome to all our new followers! Here's a quick intro to who we are and what we do.

If you're in London next Friday, join us for a fireside chat with Emily Short about all things IF! www.meetup.com/oxford-and-l...

Looks like the longlist for the 2025 BAFTA Game Awards has been released. Lots of excellent games on there. Congrats to the nominees! www.bafta.org/stories/best...

For #GivingTuesday, all December donations will go towards building travel grants for GDC Ensemble. Since 2016, our scholarship program has bolstered the careers of underrepresented game devs, by providing them with the support & means to attend GDC. 💕 ko-fi.com/pixelles

Happy Monday, gamewriters! If you’re into #GameWriting an on Bluesky, reply to say hello!! and help find each other. Shares welcome!

In a world where exploitative billionaires and corporate interests seek to increase their authority over us, it is now more important than ever to support our community and worker-owned businesses, to build solidarity and support networks so that everyone can live fine and free. go.bsky.app/UsAcPoV

I'm still looking for a few more 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗴𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗷𝗮𝗺 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 for a survey. 📝 You're eligible if you are Canadian and have turned a game jam project into a: 🎮Portfolio piece 🕹️Commerical release 💾Self-published game/art Link below, and feel free to re-post (we have pretty good bot filtering now🔥🤖🔥).

Our GDC Scholarship returns for 2025 ✨ We're raffling all access passes to mid-career game devs of underrepresented genders. Special consideration given to those who are also a studio founder or community/grassroots organizer in games. More info & application options: pixelles.ca#gdcensemble

Congratulations to the team at Bungie for their Game Awards nomination for Destiny 2 as Best Ongoing Game. We're proud that we were able to do our part by lending our editing skills to your game.

I created a Game Dev Freelancer Starter Pack. Chock full of freelancers chomping at the bit to help you build your dream game - or dream studio! Or... you know, it will be, when more people sign up. Let me know if you'd like to be included! go.bsky.app/BvMVC8W

🌈Thrilling news! QGCon 2025 will take place on September 26-28 in Montreal! If you are a gamemaker, researcher, or activist at the intersection of queerness and games, we want you there!✨ 🦄We value accessibility! QGCon 2025 is a COVID-cautious event. www.qgcon.org/blog/announc...

The Pixelles Make Games Showcase is happening next week at Unity Montréal! 🌻 Kid friendly 🌸 Non-alcoholic event 🌺 Has food 🌼 Gender inclusive 🌷 Stroller/wheelchair accessible entrance 🌿 Free! Don't forget to RSVP: events.humanitix.com/pixelles-mak...

Check out this Humble Bundle that includes two great mystery games that we lent our writing talents towards: Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot: The First Cases & Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot: The London Case! www.humblebundle.com/games/microi...

For those at GDC , keep an eye out for our own @michelleclough.bsky.social; she'll be on the show floor and would love to say hello, and she's part of several talks on narrative and romance (first one today at 3:50!) schedule.gdconf.com/speaker/clou...

I honestly can't believe this needs to be explained. Guess it's easier to be mad than to grasp how game-writing processes work🤷‍♀️ kotaku.com/sweet-baby-i...

GAME DEVS OF COLOR. Submit your talk ideas and your games to our expo. Applications are open today and close in April! You don't have to talk about being a game dev of color if that's not your thing. We like talks about coding, narrative design, art, business, community, and whatever else you like.

LAUNCH ANNOUNCEMENT! Regency Solitaire II is now out on Steam and @itchio.bsky.social Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2137470/... (please leave a review) Itch: greyaliengames.itch.io/regency-soli... (we make more $ if you buy it here) Reposts much appreciated. Thanks!

As of today, the IGN Creators Guild has been voluntarily recognized by Ziff Davis. We're a real legal union, now and forever. Thank you so much to everyone who supported us in any way, by sharing the petition, posting about us, voicing support, anything. It meant the world. We did it.

#GameDev Fun Fact: Way back in 2019, Talespinner @ironiciconic.bsky.social wrote a game trailer for Albion Online that featured Baldur's Gate 3 Narrator and consummate voice actor Amelia Tyler!

Something for your weekend.

For the Friday crowd

Very excited to announce I've completed my game writing mentorship with @talespinners.bsky.social ! I learned so much. Endless thanks to my mentor @ironiciconic.bsky.social

I just fixed an layout mistake in this white paper, so y'all should read it RIGHT NOW. "If You Don't Like The Game, Change The Rules" explores the possibility space for unions, co-ops, and alternative labour structures in the Canadian game industry. gameartsinternational.network/if-you-dont-...

Congratulations to @miyokikis.bsky.social who has completed her mentorship with us! Follow the link and read about the creation of 'Where We Go From Here'. Miyoko discusses her goals, themes, and how her process changed over the course of developing her project. Thanks for being with us, Miyoko!