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We are seeking a motivated Narrative Game Writer to join a small remote team working on The Lich Wars. The contract will be for around 24 months.
Position Information
As part of our writing team, your job would be to develop engaging, branching narrative scenes for a story-rich RPG set in an alt-history, gothic 18th-century Europe. We have a comprehensive Game Design Document, including established characters and their story arcs, together with outlines for the scenes that need to be developed.
The writing combines descriptive prose, character dialogue, meaningful player choices, and RPG-style skill/combat checks. A strong understanding of interactive storytelling and RPG systems is essential.
The Project
The Lich Wars is the prequel to our award-winning 2025 story-rich gothic CRPG The Necromancer's Tale.
What if you get shortlisted?
Shortlisted applicants will be asked to complete a short writing test by 8th December 2026. Please apply early to allow sufficient time for the test.
To Apply
Please fill out the Google Forms application.
Based in Galway, West of Ireland, Psychic Software is an award winning Game Studio whose founders have been making games since the 1980s collaborating with various artists, musicians and other game studios.
Games range from a car-combat MMO which has been live and online since 2006, to casual smartphone puzzle games achieving millions of downloads, arcade-adventures, platformers, multiplayer online racers, CRPGs and more.
The Lich Wars is a story-rich gothic RPG. Live as a musketeer in the 1700s, fighting through two wars of the undead in a 30-year career. Serve a country burdened by guilt & black magic, where necromancy infects the minds of its people. Interactive fiction with RPG skills & combat, deep characters and relationships.
War on Wheels is a tactical turn-based, physics controlled game of post-apocalyptic vehicular combat. It draws on a deep, finely tuned and battle-tested rule set which was developed over a 10+ year period with 120,000+ players. It includes a single-player campaign and multi-player leagues.
The Necromancer's Tale is a narrative-driven top-down RPG where you play the role of a minor noble in the 18th Century, drawn into the Dark Necromantic Arts as you seek knowledge and revenge. Great power awaits... along with the weird, the morbid, and a gradual descent into madness.
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