Narrative Game Designer (HOPA Games)
Work Schedule: US Working Hours / Night Shift
Work Location: Cyberscape Alpha, Ortigas Center, Pasig City (On-site)
What is your mission?
We are looking for a Narrative Game Designer (HOPA Games) to create immersive stories, compelling characters, and engaging game worlds for Hidden Object Puzzle Adventure titles. The Narrative Game Designer (HOPA Games) will develop story concepts, write in-game content, align narrative progression with gameplay, maintain franchise continuity, collaborate with development partners, and enhance player engagement through data-driven storytelling.
You will provide the best service to our partner brands by performing these tasks:
Create original story concepts, premises, and outlines for new HOPA titles, sequels, Collector's Editions, and bonus chapters.
Develop immersive worlds, lore, settings, villains, allies, and characters across mystery, fantasy, supernatural, and dark fairy tale genres.
Write and edit in-game dialogue, cutscene scripts, journal entries, item descriptions, hint text, diary content, and collectibles.
Design narrative progression by aligning story beats with scene flow, puzzle progression, hidden object scenes, and inventory logic.
Prepare narrative briefs and review story deliverables from external development partners, providing clear and actionable feedback to maintain quality and consistency.
Collaborate with art teams on storyboards, cinematics, and visual storytelling while preparing scripts and direction notes for voice-over sessions.
Maintain story bibles, franchise lore, character sheets, and canon consistency across multiple game titles.
Review game builds to ensure narrative clarity, pacing, continuity, and localization readiness, while supporting localization QA activities.
Analyze playtests, player feedback, reviews, and performance data to improve story engagement, player retention, and overall narrative quality.
Who are we looking for?
Bachelor's degree in Creative Writing, English, Game Design, or equivalent professional experience.
3+ years of professional experience in narrative design or game writing.
Experience contributing to at least one shipped HOPA or adventure game.
Deep understanding of the HOPA genre, including hidden object scenes, mini-games, inventory puzzles, scene structure, pacing, and audience expectations.
Strong portfolio demonstrating dialogue writing, interactive or branching narratives, and story structure.
Ability to write concise, compelling copy within strict UI and character-count limitations.
Experience collaborating with art, design, and production teams, including external or outsourced development partners.
Experience working on HOPA franchises or comparable multi-installment mystery or fantasy adventure series.
Experience writing for free-to-play or mobile adventure games, including live-ops events and episodic content.
Experience with voice-over casting or direction.
Background in puzzle design or level design.
Excellent written English communication skills.
Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously.
Company Perks:
Above-industry salary package and incentives
Comprehensive HMO benefits and life insurance from day 1
Free learning and development courses for your personal and career growth
Dynamic company events
Opportunities for promotion
Free meals and snacks