Rebecca McCarthy - Game Writer & Narrative Designer
@rebeccamwrites.bsky.social
🖊 Game Writer / Narrative Designer - Freelance Hire Me!
🌟 Portfolio: https://gameswriting.coffee
🌎 https://rebeccam.carrd.co
🌟 Previously: Dirty Bomb / Gears Tactics / Yooka-Replaylee
#narrativedesign #gamewriting #gamedev
🌟 Portfolio: https://gameswriting.coffee
🌎 https://rebeccam.carrd.co
🌟 Previously: Dirty Bomb / Gears Tactics / Yooka-Replaylee
#narrativedesign #gamewriting #gamedev
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New year and new pinned post! Looking for game writing, world-building or narrative design for your project? Let's talk.
I have a bunch of samples right here!
gameswriting.coffee/portfoliowri...
Happy to chat perm & contract/freelance work. From consulting to bigger gigs.
I have a bunch of samples right here!
gameswriting.coffee/portfoliowri...
Happy to chat perm & contract/freelance work. From consulting to bigger gigs.
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In search of environmental concept artists / background artists for paid assignment. Looking for anything speculative, not set in the real world, but otherwise open to a broad range of styles!
Show me your portfolios and landscape pieces!
🙏 RT's appreciated.
Show me your portfolios and landscape pieces!
🙏 RT's appreciated.
February 5, 2026 at 5:29 PM
In search of environmental concept artists / background artists for paid assignment. Looking for anything speculative, not set in the real world, but otherwise open to a broad range of styles!
Show me your portfolios and landscape pieces!
🙏 RT's appreciated.
Show me your portfolios and landscape pieces!
🙏 RT's appreciated.
I've been enjoying doing "Narrative Design Coffee Talks" - small one-off consultations and commissions for small and solo indie devs.
It's really fun working across different genres and styles, and the work has been so varied. I'm writing everything from Steam pages to a full documentation overhaul.
It's really fun working across different genres and styles, and the work has been so varied. I'm writing everything from Steam pages to a full documentation overhaul.
February 5, 2026 at 5:39 PM
I've been enjoying doing "Narrative Design Coffee Talks" - small one-off consultations and commissions for small and solo indie devs.
It's really fun working across different genres and styles, and the work has been so varied. I'm writing everything from Steam pages to a full documentation overhaul.
It's really fun working across different genres and styles, and the work has been so varied. I'm writing everything from Steam pages to a full documentation overhaul.
Picked up the Steam Deck again and more e-mails. Going to lift that thing like I'm weight lifting next time I am waiting to hear back on something.
February 5, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Picked up the Steam Deck again and more e-mails. Going to lift that thing like I'm weight lifting next time I am waiting to hear back on something.
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Hey #PortfolioDay
I do concepts, assets, art direction and real-time look dev for games &animation.
I do concepts, assets, art direction and real-time look dev for games &animation.
July 8, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Hey #PortfolioDay
I do concepts, assets, art direction and real-time look dev for games &animation.
I do concepts, assets, art direction and real-time look dev for games &animation.
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If Bilbo had Chat GPT
January 27, 2026 at 4:24 PM
If Bilbo had Chat GPT
I got a little piece in this. It's going to be awesome.
February 4, 2026 at 8:27 PM
I got a little piece in this. It's going to be awesome.
This week's High Potential is called the Faust and the Furious.
Give the writers a raise, please.
Give the writers a raise, please.
February 4, 2026 at 12:06 PM
This week's High Potential is called the Faust and the Furious.
Give the writers a raise, please.
Give the writers a raise, please.
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Beautiful animated trailer for "Terre ou Lune", the new comic book by Jade Khoo (published in France by Morgen).
>> www.catsuka.com/shopping/ind...
>> www.catsuka.com/shopping/ind...
February 3, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Beautiful animated trailer for "Terre ou Lune", the new comic book by Jade Khoo (published in France by Morgen).
>> www.catsuka.com/shopping/ind...
>> www.catsuka.com/shopping/ind...
You don't get victory points. You get vitamin c.
Try some "Goya Star Fruit" from Tidal Blades Banner festival. They glitter and squishy! (the deluxe first game had some nice oranges)
February 3, 2026 at 10:36 PM
You don't get victory points. You get vitamin c.
Mmmm forbidden strawberry.
Pre 2020 I’d have said the cubes from Pandemic (mmm cubes of jelly)
February 3, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Mmmm forbidden strawberry.
Strong contender.
February 3, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Strong contender.
I picked up my Steam Deck and got three e-mails. I didn't know I had this kind of power.
February 3, 2026 at 4:26 PM
I picked up my Steam Deck and got three e-mails. I didn't know I had this kind of power.
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Upset how accurate these prices are in 2026
February 3, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Upset how accurate these prices are in 2026
Dark Seed upset me so much as a kid that I wouldn't even let my dad leave it in my room where the CD32 was.
A new version of ScummVM has been released and it now supports (among others) The Adventures of Willy Beamish, Heart of China, Martian Memorandum, Another World, and Dark Seed!
Grab ScummVM here ► www.scummvm.org
Grab ScummVM here ► www.scummvm.org
February 3, 2026 at 11:52 AM
Dark Seed upset me so much as a kid that I wouldn't even let my dad leave it in my room where the CD32 was.
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Hey Gang! 🤖 is on the hunt for a few skilled folks to join us. We are a US-Timezone Remote Studio.
⌨️ Narrative Designer
🎰 UI/UX Artist
🔧 Tech Artist
Inquire below:
robotentertainment.com/careers
(note: i am not the hiring manager so dont reach out to me directly about these positions)
⌨️ Narrative Designer
🎰 UI/UX Artist
🔧 Tech Artist
Inquire below:
robotentertainment.com/careers
(note: i am not the hiring manager so dont reach out to me directly about these positions)
Careers — ROBOT ENTERTAINMENT
robotentertainment.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Hey Gang! 🤖 is on the hunt for a few skilled folks to join us. We are a US-Timezone Remote Studio.
⌨️ Narrative Designer
🎰 UI/UX Artist
🔧 Tech Artist
Inquire below:
robotentertainment.com/careers
(note: i am not the hiring manager so dont reach out to me directly about these positions)
⌨️ Narrative Designer
🎰 UI/UX Artist
🔧 Tech Artist
Inquire below:
robotentertainment.com/careers
(note: i am not the hiring manager so dont reach out to me directly about these positions)
Do any of my UK mutuals have recommendations where I can purchase a freelancer contract? Looking for something I can provide clients when hiring me for writing / narrative design and copywriting.
February 2, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Do any of my UK mutuals have recommendations where I can purchase a freelancer contract? Looking for something I can provide clients when hiring me for writing / narrative design and copywriting.
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I'm excited to share that Game Poems Issue 1 is now live at www.gamepoems.com/issue01
A new online literary magazine dedicated to exploring the artistic and poetic potential of short-form videogames by publishing new games directly in a playable format.
Thanks for playing and sharing!
A new online literary magazine dedicated to exploring the artistic and poetic potential of short-form videogames by publishing new games directly in a playable format.
Thanks for playing and sharing!
Game Poems #1
An online literary magazine publishing short-form videogames directly in a playable format. Issue #1 features interactive works by international artists and game designers.
www.gamepoems.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:20 PM
I'm excited to share that Game Poems Issue 1 is now live at www.gamepoems.com/issue01
A new online literary magazine dedicated to exploring the artistic and poetic potential of short-form videogames by publishing new games directly in a playable format.
Thanks for playing and sharing!
A new online literary magazine dedicated to exploring the artistic and poetic potential of short-form videogames by publishing new games directly in a playable format.
Thanks for playing and sharing!
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Even on hugely popular games with 95%+ Steam user review scores, you will almost always see some interminable, essay-length negative rant flagged as the 'most useful' and put front and center on the store page.
Part of it is Steam's upvoting system being busted. Part is human nature being stupid.
Part of it is Steam's upvoting system being busted. Part is human nature being stupid.
One negative review killed Pendragon. It was posted within hours of release: a detailed "objective" explanation of why they didn't connect with it.
But it's ticked as helpful by passing people *who have not played the game*. This keeps it pinned to the top.
It's longer than our description text.
But it's ticked as helpful by passing people *who have not played the game*. This keeps it pinned to the top.
It's longer than our description text.
RE that RT.. it’s wild how steam reviews are still so damn important to getting visibility. If you play and like indie games, the most generous and helpful thing you can do is spend an hour popping positive reviews onto anything you like with <500 or so reviews.
January 31, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Even on hugely popular games with 95%+ Steam user review scores, you will almost always see some interminable, essay-length negative rant flagged as the 'most useful' and put front and center on the store page.
Part of it is Steam's upvoting system being busted. Part is human nature being stupid.
Part of it is Steam's upvoting system being busted. Part is human nature being stupid.
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My eternal battle with imposter syndrome?
A look at the many projects I'm part of?
Somewhat scatterbrained and manic shout-outs?
We've got them all 👀
I had the best time chatting with the ever-wonderful @samanthabeart.bsky.social for It Takes a Village Season 2! 👇🏿
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Umkm...
A look at the many projects I'm part of?
Somewhat scatterbrained and manic shout-outs?
We've got them all 👀
I had the best time chatting with the ever-wonderful @samanthabeart.bsky.social for It Takes a Village Season 2! 👇🏿
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Umkm...
It Takes A Village - S02 E06 - Writer, Editor, and Narrative Designer Corey Brotherson
YouTube video by Samantha Béart
www.youtube.com
January 30, 2026 at 8:42 AM
My eternal battle with imposter syndrome?
A look at the many projects I'm part of?
Somewhat scatterbrained and manic shout-outs?
We've got them all 👀
I had the best time chatting with the ever-wonderful @samanthabeart.bsky.social for It Takes a Village Season 2! 👇🏿
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Umkm...
A look at the many projects I'm part of?
Somewhat scatterbrained and manic shout-outs?
We've got them all 👀
I had the best time chatting with the ever-wonderful @samanthabeart.bsky.social for It Takes a Village Season 2! 👇🏿
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Umkm...
I'm playing a fun little golf physics puzzler called Puttler. Did not expect this prompt to hit so hard.
January 30, 2026 at 11:22 AM
I'm playing a fun little golf physics puzzler called Puttler. Did not expect this prompt to hit so hard.
January 30, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Woah, Witcher Reigns! store.steampowered.com/app/1651600/...
Reigns: The Witcher on Steam
Adventure as Geralt through the ballads of Dandelion. Swipe right, swipe left, seek glory, find death! Will you hunt monsters, upset the locals, or run a hot bath? Compose an inspiring epic to claim i...
store.steampowered.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Woah, Witcher Reigns! store.steampowered.com/app/1651600/...
Ending the day with Wonderman. Loving it! A few eps in, but oof, I don't think I was ready for a show to start digging in about creative careers.
January 28, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Ending the day with Wonderman. Loving it! A few eps in, but oof, I don't think I was ready for a show to start digging in about creative careers.