Narrative Game Designer

ROM Utrecht Region; Utrecht, Haarlem; Remote; EUR 45,000 - 60,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

25 vacation days

Company laptop

Growth & development opportunities

Job summary

Hero Center is seeking a narrative designer to merge storytelling with gameplay for cybersecurity education projects like HackShield. You will expand story worlds, craft characters, and design interactive moments while balancing player engagement with project goals and technical feasibility.

Minimum 2 years in a similar role and experience in narrative design, game design or serious games are expected. A 40-hour week offers 25 vacation days and a company laptop, with room to grow and develop

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of experience in narrative/game design or related field.
• Experience with narrative design, game design, interactive storytelling or serious games.

Responsibilities

• Further develop story worlds, characters, and narrative structures, and monitor tone, logic, and continuity.
• Design scenarios, scripts, missions, choices, and interactive moments.
• Translate goals into engaging gameplay and immersive stories.
• Write and build narrative content within our platform.
• Collaborate with artists, developers, project managers, and knowledge partners.
• Test experiences and improve based on feedback.

Skills

Narrative design

Game design

Interactive storytelling

Serious games

Storytelling

Player agency

Collaboration

Analytical skills

Creativity

Feedback incorporation

Cybersecurity knowledge

Project management

Job description

flavour Utrecht, Netherlands; Haarlem, Netherlands

Dutch

Posted 1 month ago

32 hrs / week

About us

Hero Center is active in developing innovative educational platforms and games aimed at enhancing digital safety awareness among users. With a mission to activate over 10 million individuals as heroes contributing to a better future by 2030, the company focuses on creating impactful products like HackShield, which teaches cybersecurity to primary school students.

As a narrative game designer, you will merge storytelling and gameplay to create meaningful interactive experiences. You will build upon existing projects and story worlds by deepening characters and storylines while adding new interactive layers. Your role involves ensuring a balance between experience, project goals, and technical feasibility, contributing to the development of engaging narratives that activate and educate users about cybersecurity.

• Further develop story worlds, characters, and narrative structures, and monitor the tone, logic, and continuity
• Design scenarios, scripts, missions, choices, and interactive moments
• Translate educational and activating goals into appealing gameplay and immersive stories
• Write and build narrative content within our platform
• Collaborate with artists, developers, project managers, and knowledge partners
• Test experiences and improve based on feedback
• Minimum 2 years of experience in a similar role
• Experience with narrative design, game design, interactive storytelling and/or serious games
• 25 vacation days for a 40-hour workweek
• Company laptop
• Room for own ideas, growth, and professional development

Skills required for the job

Narrative Design Game Design Interactive Storytelling Serious Games Storytelling Player Agency Collaboration Analytical skills Creativity Feedback Incorporation Cybersecurity Knowledge Project management