Writing Samples
Return to Monkey Island: At the End of the Plank Excerpts
Game Writing, Comedy, Worldbuilding
I was tasked with writing humorous and engaging excerpts from a fictional poorly-written pulp romance novel, for a family-friendly audience. So, I set sail for overwraught verbiage and sufficiently opaque sordid metaphors.
Here, Herman Toothrot recites the novel excerpts to Guybrush.
I was tasked with writing humorous and engaging excerpts from a fictional poorly-written pulp romance novel, for a family-friendly audience. So, I set sail for overwraught verbiage and sufficiently opaque sordid metaphors.
Here, Herman Toothrot recites the novel excerpts to Guybrush.
Shaquille O'Neal's Video Announcement of Shaq Sky Slam at Gobal Mobile Internet Conference 2013 in Beijing
Video Game Promotion, Celebrity
I wrote a short script for Shaqille O'Neal: a snappy, exciting promotional segment for our game, for its reveal at a major mobile gaming conference.
I wrote a short script for Shaqille O'Neal: a snappy, exciting promotional segment for our game, for its reveal at a major mobile gaming conference.
"Friends, get ready for the most over the top extreme sport ever created. Sky dive with a basketball in hand, plunge through the stratosphere at terminal velocity, making cash along the way. Dive bomb toward the basketball court below, lock in on your target, and slam dunk that ball! Shaq Sky Slam will launch later this month on Android and iOS as a free to play game."
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Shaq Sky Slam: Shaquille O'Neal "Barks"
Menus and Shop
Gameplay
- Shaq purchases a piece of gear — "I've always wanted one of these."
- Shaq purchases a piece of gear — "High tech!"
- Shaq equips a piece of gear — "Lookin' good"
- Shaq equips a piece of gear — "Gear it up."
- Shaq equips a piece of gear — "Just my style."
- Shaq selects level — "Let's do this."
- Shaq selects level — "Let's make this happen."
Gameplay
- Shaq jumps out of plane to begin jump — "Here we go!"
- Shaq jumps out of plane to begin jump — "I think I can see my house from here."
- Shaq grabs a full row of coins during a dive — "Cold, hard cash"
- Shaq grabs a full row of coins during a dive — "Kaching!"
- Shaq grabs 10 coins during a dive — "Makin' money"
- Shaq grabs 20 coins during a dive — "Moolah, baby!"
- Shaq hits a seagull or plane and spins out of control — "Ha ha ha, whoa, whoa"
- Shaq hits a seagull or plane and spins out of control — "Oooh"
- Shaq grabs a mystery box in the level — "Nice"
- Shaq reaches 100 Mph — "Woo!"
- Shaq nails a trick — "Did you see that?"
- Shaq nails a trick — "Aw yeah!"
- Shaq completes a three trick combo — "Doin' a little dance"
- Shaq completes a four trick combo — "In the zone!"
- Shaq completes a five trick combo — "Perfectamundo!"
- Shaq approaches the dunk zone — "Bring it home!"
- Shaq approaches the dunk zone — "Time to slam"
- Shaq misses the dunk zone — "Are you serious?"
- Shaq misses the dunk zone — "Next time"
- Shaq completes a three star dunk — "Yes!"
- Shaq completes a three star dunk — "Two points!"
- Shaq completes a three star dunk — "You like that?"
- Shaq completes a four star dunk — "Excellent"
- Shaq completes a four star dunk — "Who needs a parachute?"
- Shaq completes a five star dunk — "Shaq attack!"
- Shaq completes a five star dunk — "Now that is a Sky Slam."
Speculative Quest for Cozy Grove: Belinda Ayowale, the Bearista Champion
Game Writing, Quest, Heartfelt, Character Focused
To showcase my writing to Spry Fox, I wrote a speculative quest for Cozy Grove featuring an original ghost bear character. In Cozy Grove, the player helps the spirits of bears to move on by resolving their unfinished emotional entanglements with the living world.
Note: This content is not in the game Cozy Grove, but was created as a demonstration piece.
To showcase my writing to Spry Fox, I wrote a speculative quest for Cozy Grove featuring an original ghost bear character. In Cozy Grove, the player helps the spirits of bears to move on by resolving their unfinished emotional entanglements with the living world.
Note: This content is not in the game Cozy Grove, but was created as a demonstration piece.