Gerda: A Flame in Winter
You have five days to save your husband, who has just been arrested by the Gestapo. Investigate, explore and form allegiances in this story-rich RPG-lite. Who will you trust?
Developer: Bird Island / PortaPlay
Publisher: DON’T NOD Entertainment
My role: Writer and Designer
- Wrote dialogue, plot, and characters.
- Wrote documentation and kept our story bible up to date.
- Collaborated closely with other departments, especially our Design department to ensure harmony between narrative and game mechanics/systems.
- Worked extensively with our in-house visual scripting tool to set up branching dialogues, conditionals, actions, and cameras directly in engine (Unity).
- Collaborated with localization teams to adapt the story for global audiences.
- Carried out in-depth research for worldbuilding.
- Level design, cinematic work, and QA.
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