Game Writer

HoYoverse

148d • $75,000 - $120,000

About The Position

We are seeking a skilled and dedicated Game Writer to join our talented development team. This position offers the opportunity to contribute to a cutting-edge project that sets new standards in interactive storytelling and gameplay. As a Quest Designer, you will be responsible for both quest and level design, ensuring a seamless and immersive player experience. You will design and implement engaging, narrative-driven quests while shaping the game’s level structure to enhance storytelling and gameplay. Working closely with writers, designers, artists, and programmers, you will ensure that quests and levels integrate cohesively to create a high-quality, cinematic experience.

Requirements

• Demonstrated ability to analyze and deconstruct AAA, story-driven games.
• Strong understanding of how to adapt cinematic narrative techniques into interactive experiences.
• Broad exposure to films, prestige TV, and narrative-focused games, with a deep appreciation for genre storytelling.
• Formal training in screenwriting, film/TV theory, or equivalent experience is strongly preferred.
• Excellent collaboration skills with the ability to work across disciplines to ensure cohesive storytelling.

Responsibilities

• Write compelling, genre-appropriate stories using advanced screenplay and interactive storytelling techniques.
• Align story, characters, and emotional beats seamlessly across gameplay, art, audio, and design.
• Guide the evolution of core characters and overarching story arcs from concept through release.
• Refine scripts, scenes, and in-game performances to heighten dramatic tension and emotional resonance.
• Create dialogue that is naturalistic, character-driven, layered with subtext, and rhythmically precise.
• Translate high-concept fantasy ideas into grounded, interactive elements such as environmental storytelling, worldbuilding objects, VFX cues, and character performances.

Benefits

• The base pay range for this position is $75,000 to $120,000 USD per year.
• 100% employer-paid healthcare premiums for you and your dependents.
• Generous paid time off.
• 401K / RRSP plan.
• Employer-paid life and disability insurance.
• Team-building activities throughout the year.
• Flexible working hours.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree