M is a technical narrative designer with 7 years of professional industry experience. They’re located in Virginia and building a career in video games as a narrative designer and game designer with a focus on worldbuilding and story integration. They graduated from Tillamook Bay Community College in 2018 with a dual arts degree and a published wildlife guide—the first book of many to come.

Since 2018, they’ve taken on roles of writer, editor, narrative designer, and QA tester for a variety of tabletop RPG books and supplements. In 2022, M branched out into video games to build a robust narrative system from the ground up as a contract freelancer for a small game studio’s upcoming live-service MMOARPG.

Currently, M is creating as-yet-unannounced TTRPGs at Dire Wolf Digital. By moonlight they’re writing an original TTRPG adventure inspired by Vietnamese mythology, as well as solo-developing a cozy-horror CRPG about being a scavenger witch’s familiar in a cyberpunk noir urban fantasy setting.

Before starting work at Dire Wolf Digital, they led narrative design for upcoming D&D 5E supplement “The Vineyard”, featuring a setting-agnostic undead criminal organization with a modular structure.

When not game dev-ing, M enjoys buying people copies of Outer Wilds, hitting the gym, and taking Pumpkin (their beloved orange cat) on walks.

What’s next?

Let’s bring your game to life! Contact me about game design opportunities, collabs, game jams, or charity gaming events.