Comedic Game Writer

FableLabs builds NOTHING but awesome story-driven games for the tablet and web. Our first few titles range from Sherlock Holmes recreated as a middle school nerd, to tall tales of an "Indiana Jones of the Sea", to a mother searching for her daughter in the depths of Hell. As much as we love the sci-fi and Tolkien fantasy genre, there's so many other stories we'd like to bring to life with our gameplay systems.

Do you miss the humor found in old Sierra or LucasArts adventure games? Have you memorized more quotes from Minsc in Baldur's Gate than you'd like to admit? Did you secretly wish you could write all of the post-apocalyptic holodisk guides in Fallout? We might have the dream job for you. Being at an indie studio, we're not afraid of going off the beaten path with our games. One of our first titles, Nerd Detective, features Sherlock Holmes recreating as a middle school nerd, solving nerd crimes. Mint condition comic book collection gone missing? Call Carlton. Autographed dungeon master’s manual stolen? Call Carlton. Whenever crime spins its web around the nerds of Cod Lake, Carlton Honeycutt is there to untangle it. So cinch up your bag of dice, stash your comic collection, and grab your spectacles. The game is afoot!

* **Dialog:** Creating dialog that makes people laugh and not skip to get to combat * **Narrative Design:** Step by step creation of quests and how they tie to the existing story, world, and characters * **Story Bible:** Ideation of interesting characters, backstories, worlds, and story seeds

* You must play video games and understand interactive storytelling * College degree in screenwriting, creative writing, or similar * 5+ years of professional writing experience, at least ONE in interactive * Ability to elicit player emotion and express complex topics in concise language * Ability to write punchy and engrossing dialog in different voices * Bonus points for comic book or episodic television experience and ability to write for the camera * You MUST have shipped at least 1 game