Overview

A single-player, story-driven adventure exploring friendship, segregation, and identity through a world divided by jazz and blues music.

My Main Contributions​

Narrative Design & Writing

I designed and wrote the full narrative, including the core story, dialogue, cutscenes, character profiles, and codices, ensuring each narrative beat served a clear emotional and thematic purpose.
 

Worldbuilding & Research

I carried out focused research into jazz and blues history, music theory, and real-world segregation (1910–1970), using this to inform dialogue, lore, character voices, and the wider narrative message.
 

Environmental & Non-Verbal Storytelling

Narrative was reinforced through environment, space, and music, using visual and contextual storytelling alongside written dialogue to communicate meaning without over-explaining.
 

Dialogue & Voice Direction

I wrote all dialogue and cutscene scripts, directed voice acting, organised auditions, and edited voice-over to ensure performances matched character intent and emotional tone.
 

Cinematic Storytelling

I storyboarded and edited cutscenes and the game trailer, focusing on pacing, clarity, and emotional impact to support the narrative arc.
 

Collaboration & Narrative Integrity

I worked closely with my teammate to keep narrative, art, and gameplay aligned, regularly reviewing the pipeline to protect the intended player experience.

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Recognitions

• Design Bridge, a highly awarded design agency, chose our game to be featured as one of fourteen in their 2020 curation.

• Honourable mention at Fresh Meet’s Nationwide Degree Show 2020

• Voice performance nominated for The One Voice Awards (USA) – Best Performance in Gaming

An excerpt from the script, shown as fully voice-acted dialogue in-game. This demonstrates my approach to using narrators to guide the player’s journey through story and character, rather than relying on UI prompts or non-diegetic instruction.